Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how the Rhine Group handles personal data in connection with this provisional website. The Rhine Group is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors and processes personal data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data controller
The Rhine Group, c/o L&S Trust Services SA, Route de Chêne 30A, 1208 Geneva, Switzerland. E-mail: contact@rhinegroup.eu
What this website does
This website presents the Rhine Group and its work and makes the association's research and related content publicly available. It also offers a sign-up form through which interested individuals can register to receive information about the association. Apart from the sign-up form, the website does not actively collect personal data from visitors, and it does not use analytics or tracking tools.
Sign-up form
If you choose to register through the sign-up form, we collect your name, email address and organisation. We use this information to keep you informed about the Rhine Group and to send you news or other communications about the association's activities from time to time. We do not currently operate a regular newsletter, but registration allows us to contact registered individuals when we have something relevant to share. The legal basis for this processing is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; Art. 6 FADP), which you give by submitting the form. You may withdraw your consent at any time, and unsubscribe from any communication, by contacting us at contact@rhinegroup.eu. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before withdrawal. We do not use this information for any other purpose, and we do not share it with third parties for their own purposes. The data is handled by our service providers (described below) acting on our behalf.
Information about our members, team and authors
This website publishes information about the Rhine Group's members, leadership, team and the authors of its research, which may include names, roles, biographical details and photographs. This information is published with the knowledge and agreement of the individuals concerned, for the purpose of presenting the association and its work. If you are featured and wish to update or remove information about yourself, please contact us at contact@rhinegroup.eu.
Cookies
This website does not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, and it does not use any non-essential cookies. For this reason, no cookie consent banner is displayed. The website and the sign-up form may rely on strictly necessary or functional cookies set by our hosting and forms platform (Webflow), for example to enable core site functionality or to allow the form to operate securely. Such cookies are technically required, do not track you across websites, and under applicable law do not require consent. If we introduce any non-essential cookies in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and seek your consent where required.
Server log files
When you visit this website, our hosting platform (Webflow) and its underlying infrastructure providers (Amazon Web Services and Fastly) automatically process certain technical data that your browser transmits, including your IP address, the date and time of access, the page requested, and basic information about your browser and device. This data is processed solely to enable the secure and stable operation of the website and is not used to identify individual visitors. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in operating a secure and stable website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; Art. 31(2)(b) FADP).
Service providers (processors)
In operating this website, we rely on the following service providers, who process personal data on our behalf as processors under data protection law:
Webflow, Inc. — website platform, hosting orchestration, and the sign-up form, including storage of the data submitted through it (United States). Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) — underlying server infrastructure (United States). Fastly, Inc. — content delivery network (United States, with European nodes).
Each of these providers acts under a written data processing agreement that imposes appropriate confidentiality and security obligations.
Contact by email
If you contact us by email, the information you provide (such as your name, email address and the content of your message) will be processed solely for the purpose of handling your enquiry. The legal basis for processing this information is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; Art. 31(2)(b) FADP), together with your implied consent in voluntarily initiating the contact. We do not use this information for any other purpose and we do not share it with third parties unless required by law.
Voluntary nature of data provision
Providing personal data through this website is entirely voluntary. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide any personal data, and you face no consequences if you choose not to do so. If you do not register or contact us, we simply will not be able to send you information or respond to you.
Data retention
Personal data submitted through the sign-up form is retained for as long as you remain registered to receive information from us, or until you ask us to delete it or withdraw your consent. Other personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Server log data is typically retained for a short period by our hosting providers for security and stability purposes.
Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, and to request its correction, deletion, restriction of processing, or to object to processing. Where applicable, you also have the right to data portability and the right to withdraw consent. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@rhinegroup.eu.
Right to lodge a complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. In Switzerland, the competent authority is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC; Préposé fédéral à la protection des données et à la transparence — PFPDT). If you reside in the European Economic Area, you may also lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority of your country of residence.
International transfers
Because our website is hosted on Webflow with infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Services and Fastly, personal data (in particular your IP address, server log data, and the information you submit through the sign-up form) is transferred to and processed in the United States. The United States is considered a third country under EU and Swiss data protection law.
To ensure an adequate level of data protection for these transfers, we rely on the following safeguards:
Webflow, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., and Fastly, Inc. are each certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and its UK Extension, and under the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework. This provides an adequacy basis recognised by the European Commission and the Swiss Federal Council. In addition, our agreements with these providers incorporate the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for international data transfers, as supplemented for transfers from Switzerland in accordance with the guidance of the FDPIC. Each of these providers applies technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data during transmission and storage.
You may request further information about these safeguards by contacting us at contact@rhinegroup.eu.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website or to legal requirements. The current version is always available on this page.
Last updated: June 20, 2026