This document outlines Specnews.com's policy on the collection, processing, and safeguarding of personal data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (FDPA) and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Types of Data Collected

We collect limited personal information about users' interactions with our website. Usage Data that is collected automatically when using the website may include information such as your device's IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, as well as the time and date of your visit, the visit duration, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as name, email address, phone number, or other identifying information.

2. Purposes for Processing Personal Data

Personal data is processed for the following purposes:

• For providing, managing our website, including to analyze traffic and monitor the usage of the website.
• For contacting you, when responding to your inquiries or requests, for updates and informative communications regarding our services and products.
• For providing you with news, offers and information about our services.
• For fulfilling our contractual obligations.
• For managing your requests to us.
• For determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, evaluating and improving our service, products, marketing and the user experience of our website.
• For complying with legal obligations.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

Processing of personal data is based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent according to Art. 6 (1) S 1 lit. a) GDPR: We will obtain your consent before collecting or processing your personal data, where required by law.
• Performance of a contract according to Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR: The processing of personal data may be necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party.
• Legal Obligations according to Art. 6 (1) lit. c) GDPR: We may process your personal data to comply with our legal obligations under Swiss or EU law.
• Protection of vital interests Art. 6 (1) lit. d): We may process your personal data to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
• Legitimate Interests according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR: We may process your personal data where it is in our legitimate interests.

4. Data Retention

Personal data will be retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

5. Newsletter

By registering for our email newsletter, we will regularly send you news, updates and information about our offers. The only mandatory information required to send the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For newsletter distribution, we use the so-called "double opt-in" process, which ensures that you only receive newsletters after you have explicitly confirmed your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on a verification link sent to the specified email address.

By activating the confirmation link, you grant us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with the Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR In this process, we store your IP address as recorded by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to track any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us during newsletter registration is used strictly for the specified purpose.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to contact@specnews.com. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly agreed to further use of your data or we reserve a data usage beyond that which is legally permissible and of which we inform you in this explanation.

The service provider and data processor for our newsletter is Infomaniak Network SA, Rue Eugène Marziano 25, 1227 Les Acacias, Switzerland. You can find further information on Infomaniak's data protection policy under https://www.infomaniak.com/en/legal/confidentiality-policy.

6. Captcha

We use the ALTCHA service to protect our forms from spam and abuse by identifying automated bots and ensuring that forms are only completed by real users. ALTCHA uses a privacy-friendly Proof-of-Work mechanism, which does not require cookies or fingerprinting.

The usage of ALTCHA is technically necessary for providing forms in a secure way and therefore does not require user consent. Subsequent processing of personal data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR and our legitimate interest in securing our forms against automated entries.

The service provider and data processor for the Captcha is BAU Software s.r.o., Lidicka 700/19, Brno 602 00, Czechia. You can find further information on data processing by ALTCHA at: https://altcha.org/privacy-policy/.

7. Sharing Personal Data

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to third parties, except as necessary for the stated purposes, legal obligations, or with user consent. We may share your personal data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business, such as hosting providers, payment processors, or customer service platforms. These third parties are contractually bound to safeguard your personal data and only use it for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

8. User Rights

You have the right to request access, rectification, erasure, portability, object to processing, restrict processing and withdraw consent. Exercising some rights may impact our ability to provide you with certain services. To exercise these rights, please write to contact@specnews.com.

9. Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. The specnews.com website does not use cookies.

10. Cross-Border Data Transfer

Appropriate safeguards will be in place in the event of transferring personal data outside the European Union and Switzerland, aiming to maintain an adequate level of protection as required by GDPR and FDPA.

11. Security Measures

We have implemented appropriate, commercially acceptable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, use, alteration, copying, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption, access controls and regular reviews of our security practices.

12. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about this policy, please contact us at contact@specnews.com.

13. Changes to this Policy

The policy may be updated or changed at any time. Users are encouraged to periodically check for updates and continued use of our services implies acceptance of changes.

This policy applies only to the specnews.com website and not to any third-party sites that may be linked from it. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of these third-party sites.

This policy is effective as of 24 November 2025.