Privacy

Mächler Media, Patrick Mächler, Hauptstrasse 63, 9434 Au SG, Switzerland (see imprint).

When this website is accessed, the web server processes technically required information such as IP address, date and time, requested resource, referrer and browser/device details. It is used to deliver the website, analyse errors and maintain IT security, and is not combined into advertising profiles.

Seepegel counts website pages that were actually displayed and fixed broad app categories on its own server independently of cookie or analytics choices. A website view is reported only after a visible navigation, so technical prefetches are not counted as reach. For direct partnerships, visible sponsor placements and clicks are additionally stored as daily totals. Only aggregated values by normalised path or app category, language, broad device class and referring website host are retained. Recognised machines are counted separately. Five-minute totals used for real-time and 24-hour views are deleted after 72 hours. No IP address, full referrer, user agent, query string, cookie or user identifier is stored; individual people, sessions and usage histories cannot be identified.

After your consent, Seepegel uses Google Analytics 4 on the website and Google Analytics for Firebase in the Android app, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. It processes pages or app areas, session and lifecycle events, a Firebase-generated app instance identifier, approximate region and general browser, app and device details. Google uses the IP address to derive an approximate region and discards it before logging for traffic from Switzerland, the EU and the United Kingdom. Further processing may also take place in the USA. Google's privacy policy applies.

Seepegel disables Google Signals and advertising personalisation. In the Android app, analytics collection, advertising ID collection and personalisation are disabled by default; only analytics collection can be enabled after consent and switched off again under ‘More’. On the website, Analytics is likewise loaded only after consent. With AdSense, Google Consent Mode starts with storage denied; optional Analytics cookies are set only according to the CMP choice. The website cookies _ga and _ga_* are limited to six months.

Consent is voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time for the future: Cookie settings

For interactive maps, your browser loads map styles and tiles from OpenFreeMap. If the official flood warning layer is enabled, map data from the federal spatial data infrastructure operated by swisstopo is added. The providers technically receive your IP address and request information. Seepegel sends no account or profile data. In the Android app, the OpenFreeMap map loads after opening and confirming the map provider notice. Device location is not requested.

Web push is activated only at your request and after browser permission. Seepegel stores the push endpoint, public encryption keys, selected lake, language and thresholds; unsubscribing removes the relevant subscription from the server. The Android app regularly checks the lake and river alerts stored locally by the user in the background and displays a local notification after a confirmed threshold crossing. Alert target, threshold, duration and repetition remain in app storage and can be changed or deleted at any time.

Seepegel is technically prepared for Google AdSense. Once advertising is enabled, Google's certified CMP, integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework, manages the required choices for Switzerland, the EEA and the United Kingdom. No personalised ads are served without the appropriate consent. The choice can be changed at any time through ‘Cookie settings’. AdSense is not loaded in the Android app, widgets or embeds.

Local settings remain until changed or deleted in the browser. Push subscriptions remain until unsubscribed. Server logs are retained only as long as required for operation, troubleshooting and security; longer retention occurs only where legally required or needed to investigate a specific security incident. Google Analytics is also subject to the retention configured there.

We update this policy when features, services or legal requirements change. The current version published here applies.