1. Data controller and contact

ALOCO GmbH, Hirschengraben 8, 3011 Bern, Switzerland, is responsible for the processing described here. For privacy questions, contact us at info@aloco.org or +41 31 351 45 35. This policy covers aloco.org and enquiries and film projects relating to our services.

2. Website visits, enquiries and projects

When you visit our website, the web server processes technical information such as your IP address, the page requested, the date and time, and browser details. We use this information to deliver and secure the website and to investigate faults. When you use our site search, the website processes your search term to display relevant results. Mittwald in Germany provides web hosting and receives email for aloco.org.

When you contact us, we process your contact details, message and any attachments to respond to your enquiry. For film projects, we process the information needed to prepare quotes, plan and carry out production, deliver the work and issue invoices. This may include images, sound recordings and information about participants, obtained from them directly or from project partners. We use information supplied in job applications to assess the application.

If you contact us through WhatsApp, we use your phone number and message to respond. See WhatsApp’s privacy policy for how WhatsApp handles your data.

3. Cookie notice and browser storage

When you dismiss the cookie notice, your browser stores that choice for up to 365 days. To display the notice according to your country, it may make a request to IPinfo, which may send your IP address to IPinfo Inc. in the United States. You can delete or block cookies and other locally stored site data in your browser.

4. Embedded videos, clock and external links

• Bunny Stream: We show videos through BunnyWay d.o.o., based in Slovenia. When the player and videos load, the international delivery network receives your IP address and technical connection data. The player can save playback preferences in your browser. Bunny Stream privacy information
• YouTube: Some videos are embedded in privacy-enhanced mode. When the player loads, Google may receive technical data such as your IP address and process it outside Switzerland, including in the United States. Google Privacy Policy · Data transfer frameworks
• Time and Date: If your browser loads the embedded clock, Time and Date AS, Norway, says it receives information including your IP address, browser details, the address of the page containing the clock and the clock settings. Clock privacy information

When you follow an external link, the destination’s privacy policy applies.

5. Recipients and processing abroad

Hosting, email and IT providers and production partners receive the information they need to operate the website or carry out a project. We disclose information to competent authorities or courts where legally required. Depending on the service, data may also be processed abroad. The providers listed above are based in countries including Germany, Slovenia, Norway, Ireland and the United States. Transfers from Switzerland are subject to Swiss data protection requirements.

6. Retention and security

We retain personal data for as long as needed for its purpose, to meet legal obligations or to enforce legal claims. We then delete or anonymise it. The website uses an encrypted HTTPS connection. If you need to send confidential documents, you can arrange a suitable way to transfer them with us.

7. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you can request access to, correction, deletion or provision of your personal data, object to its processing and withdraw consent for the future. Contact info@aloco.org to exercise your rights. If we need to verify your identity, we will arrange a suitable way to do so. You can also contact the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).