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1. What do we do?

Anton Kikels (Bahnhofstrasse 4, CH-9450 Altstätten) operates the www.metaphix.rocks website (hereinafter referred to as "we" or "us"). On this website you can find out about the artist Metaphix, use our online services and contact us.

The protection of your personal data is very important to us. In this data protection declaration, we inform you in a transparent and comprehensible manner about what data we collect via our website and how we handle it.

2. What do we inform about?

  • Who is responsible for the data processing;
  • What data is collected;
  • For what purpose this data is collected;
  • Who we share this data with;
  • How you can object to data processing;
  • What rights you have and how you can assert them.

3. Definition of Terms

3.1 What is personal data?

Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, name, address, date of birth, e-mail address or telephone number as well as IP address. Data about personal preferences such as leisure activities or memberships also count as personal data.

3.2 What are special categories of personal data?

  • Data on religious, ideological, political or trade union views or activities;
  • Data on health, privacy, racial or ethnic origin, sex life and sexual orientation;
  • Data on administrative or criminal prosecutions and sanctions, as well as data on social assistance measures;
  • Genetic data and biometric data that uniquely identify a person.

Where necessary and where you disclose this data to us yourself, we may process data belonging to a special category of personal data. In this case, their processing is subject to stricter confidentiality.

3.3 What is the processing of personal data?

Processing is any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the obtaining, storing, keeping, using, altering, disclosing, archiving, deleting or destroying of personal data.

3.4 What is the disclosure of personal data?

This is the transmission or making available of personal data, e.g. publication or disclosure to a third party.

4. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about the protection of your data by us, you can contact our data protection officer:

Anton Kikels
Bahnhofstrasse 4
CH-9450 Altstätten
[email protected]

5. Data Security

We will keep your data secure and take all reasonable steps to protect your data from loss, access, misuse or alteration.

Our contractual partners and employees who have access to your data are obliged to comply with the provisions of data protection law. In some cases, it will be necessary for us to pass on your enquiries to companies affiliated with us within the framework of commissioned processing. In these cases, too, your data will be treated confidentially.

Within our website, we use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser.

6. Data Subjects' Rights

6.1 Right to information

You can request information about the data we hold about you at any time. We ask you to send your request for information together with a credible proof of identity to[email protected]. The information is provided in writing or in another form, if necessary also electronically.

As a rule, the information is free of charge. If copies are requested in addition, an appropriate fee may be charged. The right to obtain a copy of the data processed shall not prejudice the rights and freedoms of other persons.

In the event of obviously unfounded or excessive requests for information, we reserve the right to refuse to provide the information within the limits of the law or to demand an appropriate fee for it. The processing of your request is subject to the statutory period of 30 days. Due to the complexity and the high number of requests, we may extend this deadline by two additional months if necessary.

6.2 Deletion and Rectification

You have the option of requesting the deletion or correction or completion of your data at any time, provided that there are no legal obligations to retain data or a legal reason for permission to the contrary.

Please note that the exercise of your rights may, under certain circumstances, conflict with contractual agreements and have corresponding effects on the performance of the contract (e.g. premature termination of the contract or cost consequences).

6.3 Restriction of Editing

You also have the right to request restriction of processing if you dispute the accuracy of this data, the processing is unlawful, the data is no longer needed or you have objected to the processing.

If the processing of the data is restricted, it may only be stored. Further processing may only be carried out with your consent, for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims, to protect the rights of another person or for reasons of important public interest.

6.4 Right to Data Output and Transfer

You have the right to receive your data in a commonly used file format or (if technically feasible) to have it transferred to a third party if we process your data automatically and if:

  • you have given your consent for the processing of that data; or
  • you have disclosed data in connection with the conclusion or performance of a contract.

6.5 Right of Objection

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing, including profiling, which is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests. This right also applies to processing for the purpose of direct advertising.

6.6 Legal Action

If you are affected by the processing of personal data, you have the right to enforce your rights in court or to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

7. Data Processing in General

7.1 What data do we process from you and from whom do we receive this data?

First and foremost, we process personal data that you submit to us or that we collect when operating our website — in particular via the booking form. We may also receive personal data about you from third parties. This may be in the following categories:

  • Personal master data (name, address, dates of birth, etc.);
  • Contact details (mobile phone number, e-mail address, etc.);
  • Financial data (e.g. account details);
  • Online identifiers (e.g. cookie identifier, IP addresses);

These data can come from the following sources:

  • Information from publicly accessible sources (e.g. media, internet);
  • Information from public registers (e.g. commercial register, debt collection register, land register);
  • Information in connection with official or judicial proceedings;
  • Information regarding your professional functions and activities (e.g. professional networks);
  • Information about you in correspondence and meetings with third parties;
  • Creditworthiness information (insofar as we conduct personal business with you);
  • Information about you given to us by people close to you so that we can enter into or process contracts with you;
  • Data related to the use of the website.

7.2 Under what conditions do we process your data?

We process your data in good faith and for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. In doing so, we ensure transparent and proportionate processing. If, exceptionally, we are unable to comply with these principles, the data processing may still be lawful because there is a justification. A justification ground may be in particular:

  • Your consent;
  • the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures;
  • the fulfillment of legal requirements;
  • our legitimate interests, unless your interests are overridden.

You may be required to provide us with certain personal information in order for us to do business with each other. Without such information, we will not normally be able to process a contract. The website also cannot normally be used if certain traffic security information, such as your IP address, is not disclosed.

7.3 How can you revoke consent you have given?

If you have given us your consent to process your personal data for certain purposes, we will process your data within the scope of this consent, unless we have another justification or no other permissible circumstance is fulfilled.

You can revoke your consent for the future at any time by sending an e-mail to[email protected]. Data processing that has already taken place is not affected by the revocation and retains its validity.

7.4 In which cases do we pass on your data to third parties?

a. Principle

We may need to use the services of third parties or affiliates and commission them to process your data (so-called processors). Categories of recipients are namely:

  • Accounting, fiduciary and auditing firm;
  • Consulting firms (legal advice, taxes, etc.);
  • IT service provider (web hosting, support, cloud services, website design, etc.);
  • Payment service providers (only with your prior consent);
  • Provider of tracking, conversion and advertising services.

We ensure that data is only passed on with your express consent, provided that this does not involve commissioned data processing. We also ensure that these third parties and our affiliates comply with data protection requirements and keep your personal data confidential. We may also be obliged to disclose your personal data to authorities.

b. Sharing with partners and cooperating companies

We sometimes work together with various companies and partners who place their offers on our website. It is recognizable for you that it is a third-party offer (marked as "advertising").

If you make use of such an offer, we will transmit your personal data to the corresponding partner or cooperation company (e.g. name, function, communication, etc.) whose offer you wish to take advantage of, provided that you have expressly consented to this beforehand. These partners and cooperation companies are independently responsible for the personal data received. After the transmission of the data, the data protection regulations of the respective partner apply.

c. Transfer abroad

Under certain circumstances, your personal data may be transferred to companies abroad within the scope of commissioned processing. These companies are obligated to data protection to the same extent as we are. The transfer may take place worldwide.

If the level of data protection does not correspond to that in Switzerland, we carry out a prior risk assessment and ensure contractually that the same level of protection is guaranteed as in Switzerland (e.g. by means of the new standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission or other legally prescribed measures). If our risk assessment is negative, we take additional technical measures to protect your data.

7.5 How long do we keep your data?

We only store personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the individual purposes for which the data was collected.

We store contract data for longer because we are obliged to do so by law. In particular, we must retain business communications, concluded contracts and accounting records for up to 10 years. Insofar as we no longer need such data from you to perform the services, the data will be restricted for further processing and we will only use it for accounting and tax purposes.

8. Data Processing in Detail

8.1 Provision of the website and creation of log files

By merely visiting www.metaphix.rocks, i.e. not registering or otherwise disclosing information, only the data that your browser automatically transmits to our server is collected. The data is technically necessary for the operation of the website.

What data do we process? The following data in particular are processed for the provision of the website and for the creation of log files:

  • Name of the internet service provider
  • IP address
  • Technical information such as browser, operating system or screen resolution
  • The date and time of access
  • Referrer URL

This data cannot be assigned to a specific person and it is not merged with other data sources. The log files are processed to guarantee the functionality of the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. The data is only stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected; it is deleted after the end of each session.

8.2 Contact and booking form

You can contact us in several ways, including via the booking form on this website. When you contact us and provide personal data, we process the data. This refers to any oral, written and any other form of contact with us. We process any data you provide to us — in particular name, e-mail address, event date, location, budget, content and timing of contact — for communication, feedback, customer service and processing booking enquiries. If the purpose of your contact requires us to pass on your data to third parties, we will pass on the data to the extent necessary.

The booking form is additionally protected by Cloudflare Turnstile (spam/bot protection) and a server-side rate limit.

8.3 Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on the operating system of your device with the help of the browser when you access our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are partly technically necessary for the website to function. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them or their term expires.

We use cookies so that we can use the data collected to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure — for example to store your preferences, provide content quickly and attractively, and analyse usage for statistical evaluation and continuous improvement. You can delete cookies completely or deactivate/restrict their transmission via your browser settings; this may limit some functions of the website.

We use Cookiebot, a consent management platform provided by Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark, to obtain and manage your consent before any non-essential cookies (such as Google Analytics, see 8.4) are set. Cookiebot itself sets a cookie to remember your consent choice. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie banner shown on our website.

8.4 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website, a service of Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland, with headquarters at Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics is only activated after you have given your consent via our cookie banner (see 8.3). Google Analytics collects information such as IP address, technical device information, interactions, duration, and time/date of visit, and referrer URL. The IP address is anonymised by Google Analytics so a personal reference is no longer possible.

8.5 Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager, also provided by Google, for centralised management of various tracking tags (e.g. Facebook Pixel, Google Analytics, Hotjar, etc.). Google Tag Manager itself does not collect any data.

8.6 Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a content delivery network (CDN) and website security service that helps optimize and protect websites, acting as a middleman between the website and its visitors and routing traffic through its global network of servers — improving load times, security and reliability.

8.7 Cloudflare Browser Insights

Cloudflare Browser Insights tracks and analyzes performance and user experience, collecting data on page load times, network requests and user interactions to identify issues and help optimize the website. It also provides insight into visitor devices, browsers and locations.

9. Does our privacy policy always remain the same?

We may change this privacy policy at any time. The changes will be published on www.metaphix.rocks. You will not be informed separately.

Last update on 8 July 2026