Privacy notice
Controller
Patrick Schaffner operates Bachata Sense. Full contact details appear below. Contact bachatasense@gmail.com about your personal data.
Website operation and security
Hosting and security infrastructure processes connection data such as IP address, time, requested URL, browser and operating system to deliver the website, diagnose errors and prevent abuse. We and appointed technical providers have access as needed for operation and support.
Contact and bookings
We use names, contact details, messages and appointment information you provide to answer enquiries and deliver agreed services. Email is available as a contact channel. Our Gmail address uses Google; WhatsApp and Instagram are optional Meta services. Their privacy policies also apply when you use them. Only send information needed for your enquiry.
Accounts, community and progress
Registration processes your username, email and credentials. Posts and comments may be publicly displayed with your chosen display name. Personal check-ins store ratings for Basics, Bodymovement, Connection and Musicality and an optional note in your account. Up to 20 entries are kept in this list; older entries are removed. Avoid health information in public posts and free-text notes.
Course interests and optional email updates
If you share your regional training preferences, we store your selected areas (Baden and/or Zurich), optional starting point and update date in your account. Sharing a training preference is not a booking. Course opening, training, workshop and social updates are sent only with your optional consent. For a new registration, consent is confirmed after you set a password using your personal email link. We store the status, wording, language, time and source of consent and up to 20 changes. You can update your interests or withdraw consent in your member area. Administrators may export confirmed contacts by area to contact them. Your account and booking requests work without consent. You can request an export or deletion of your interest and contact data.
Requests in the member area
For each request we store training type, location, preferred date and time, time zone, optional note, processing status and Patrick’s reply in your account. You and administrators can access this data. We record the timestamp and version of the terms notice acknowledged. Email notifications link to your personal area. No payment data is collected. Registration creates an account with a random password; you set your own password via an email link. Abuse prevention uses keyed hashes derived from IP addresses or user IDs for counters retained for up to one hour. Data exports include requests. Erasure requests for booking data receive an individual retention review.
Cookies and local preferences
Essential cookies may support login, security and requested features. Sense Compass stores only your latest training category in this browser under bachataSenseCompass in localStorage. The Compass feature does not transmit this preference to us. You can delete it below. The website counts page views by day and page category and shows recently active page windows. Each page generates a random code in browser memory only. The server stores its hash, page category and last activity time for up to five minutes after activity; expired records are removed on the next measurement request. Daily totals contain no visitor identifier. No analytics cookies or persistent browser identifiers are used, and no information is sent to an analytics provider. Administrators and browsers using Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control are excluded. To limit abusive measurement requests, a salted IP-address hash is retained for at most 60 seconds; this analytics feature does not store raw IP addresses. Hosting server logs are separate. MonsterInsights/Google Analytics, Jetpack statistics and WooCommerce visitor attribution remain disabled.
External media and social networks
YouTube, Spotify and, where embedded, TikTok players load only after you activate them. The provider then receives connection data including your IP address and may use cookies or similar technologies. Providers are Google/YouTube, Spotify and TikTok. Activation applies to the current page visit. Reloading ends the embed; you can remove provider cookies in your browser. Social links lead to external services governed by their own privacy policies.
Purposes and legal bases
We process data for website operation and security, enquiries, contracts, member features and legal obligations. Where GDPR applies, relevant bases are Article 6(1)(b) for contracts and enquiries, (c) for legal obligations, (f) for our legitimate interest in a secure, functional service, or (a) for consent, particularly optional media activation.
Recipients and international processing
Appointed hosting and IT providers and the communication or media services you select receive data needed for their services. Google, Meta, Spotify and TikTok may process data outside Switzerland or the EEA, particularly in the United States. Transfers must meet applicable legal requirements, such as an adequacy decision covering the specific recipient, suitable contractual safeguards or a statutory exception. Ask us for information on recipients and safeguards used for a specific operation.
Retention
Enquiries are retained as needed to handle them and protect legitimate claims. Account data is kept for the duration of your account; deletion can be requested. Booking and accounting records may be subject to statutory retention, generally ten years where Swiss accounting requirements apply. Backups are overwritten through operational backup cycles; data required by law is exempt from deletion.
Your rights
Depending on applicable law, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, data delivery or portability. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests and withdraw consent for the future. Appropriate identity verification may be required. You may complain to a competent authority, including the Swiss FDPIC or Spanish AEPD.
Changes
We update this notice when features or processing change. The version published on this page applies.
Contact
Patrick Schaffner
Dorfstrasse 13
5415 Untersiggenthal
Schweiz