Privacy Policy and Legal Notice

Last updated: 13 July 2026

1. Data Controller and Legal Notice

This website, https://becirc.ch, is operated by:

Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne AG
Aarbergstrasse 46
2503 Biel/Bienne
Switzerland

BeCirc is a project of the Swiss Smart Factory / Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne AG.

Responsible for the website’s content: Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne AG

General enquiries, data protection enquiries and requests to exercise data protection rights: info@sipbb.ch

2. Processing of Personal Data

When you visit this website, technically necessary data is processed, including your IP address, the date and time of access, the pages visited, browser information, and error and security data.

This data is used to provide the website, ensure its security and stability, and resolve technical problems.

If you contact us by email, we process your contact details and the content of your message in order to respond to your enquiry.

3. Hosting, Cookies and External Services

This website is hosted by GoDaddy. GoDaddy and the technical service providers used by GoDaddy may process the data required to operate and secure the website.

The website uses the necessary functional cookie “pll_language” to remember the selected language. BeCirc does not use its own analytics, advertising or marketing tools.

YouTube videos may be embedded on certain pages. The YouTube player is loaded only after an interaction by the visitor and uses YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode wherever possible. When a video is activated, technical data may be transmitted to YouTube or Google, and cookies or similar technologies may be used.

Further information:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

4. External Links

This website may contain links to external websites, platforms and services, including project partners, funding bodies, LinkedIn, YouTube or GitLab.

When you open an external link, the privacy provisions of the relevant operator apply. We are not responsible for websites and platforms that we do not operate.

5. Disclosure and Processing of Data Abroad

Personal data is disclosed to technical service providers only to the extent required to operate and secure the website or respond to an enquiry.

When internationally active service providers such as GoDaddy or Google are used, data may be processed outside Switzerland, particularly in the United States. The requirements of the applicable data protection law apply to such processing.

We do not sell personal data or disclose it to third parties for our own advertising or marketing purposes.

6. Retention and Your Rights

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above or to comply with legal obligations.

Under the applicable data protection law, you may in particular request access to, correction or deletion of your personal data and object to its processing.

Data protection enquiries may be sent to info@sipbb.ch. You may also contact the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner:
https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/

7. Changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated if the website, the services used or the applicable legal requirements change.