Privacy Policy
Who we are
This website and its content are provided by a private person without commercial interests. The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Markus Plüss
Altlandenbergstrasse 19
8494 Bauma
The address of our website is: https://pluessline.ch.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
When you access this website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information is recorded in the server log file and includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.
This is for the following reason:
- Ensure a problem-free connection of the website
- To ensure a smooth use of our website
- Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
- for other administrative purposes
Your data will not be used to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is only statistically evaluated in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data displayed in the comments form, as well as the visitor's IP address and user-agent string (used to identify the browser) to help spam detection.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) can be created from your email address and given to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can find the privacy policy of the Gravatar service here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you are a registered user and upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos with an EXIF GPS location. Visitors to this website may download photos stored on this website and extract their location information.
Contact Forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, this may be your consent to store your name, email address and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that you don't have to re-enter all this data when you write another comment. These cookies are stored for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set up some cookies to remember your login information and display choices. Login cookies expire after two days and display options cookies expire after one year. If you select "Keep me logged in" when you sign up, your login will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.
When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and only points to the post ID of the article you have just edited. The cookie expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites
Posts on this website may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, posts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", which are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data held by Google.
The purposes of data processing are to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on activities on the website. On the basis of the use of the website and the Internet, further related services are then to be provided.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Twitter
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated into our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Among other things, data such as IP address, browser type, domains accessed, pages visited, mobile phone provider, device and application IDs and search terms are transmitted to Twitter.
We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Due to the continuous updating of Twitter's privacy policy, we refer to the latest version at (http://twitter.com/privacy).
You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings under http://twitter.com/account/settings. If you have any questions, please contact privacy@twitter.com.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Adsense
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for the integration of advertisements from Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be shared by Google with Google's contractual partners. However, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data we hold about you.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.
Privacy policy for the use of Google +1
You can use the Google +1 button to publish information worldwide. The Google +1 button provides you and other users with personalized content from Google and its partners. Google stores both the information that you have +1 for a piece of content and information about the page you viewed when you clicked on +1. Your +1s may appear as clues along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results or your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads across the web.
Google records information about your +1 activity to improve Google services for you and others.
To use the Google +1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace another name that you used when sharing content with your Google Account. The identity of your Google profile may be shown to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you.
In addition to the uses explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google Privacy Policy (http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/). Google may publish aggregated statistics about users' +1 activity or share these statistics with our users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.
Using Google Maps
On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enable you to use the map function comfortably.
You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google Privacy Policy. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the Data Protection Center.
Embedded YouTube videos
We embed YouTube videos on some of our websites. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter referred to as "YouTube"). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is told which pages you visit. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.
Analytics Services
Who we share your information with
Visitor comments could be examined by an automated spam detection service.
How long we store your data
If you write a comment, it will be stored indefinitely, including metadata. This allows us to automatically detect and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, change or delete their personal information at any time (the username cannot be changed). Administrators of the website can also view and modify this information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. In addition, you can request the deletion of any personal data we hold about you. This does not include the data we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security reasons.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments could be examined by an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Markus PlüssAltlandenbergstrasse 198494 Bauma
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Changes
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. The current version published on our website applies.
Questions to the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the responsible person in our organization listed for data protection listed at the beginning of the privacy statement.
Bauma, 24.01.2026