Sauna Genève – Finnish sauna from Finland to Geneva

Sauna Genève – Finnish wood-fired sauna Geneva

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 18 September 2025

1. Who We Are Our website address is: https://saunageneve.ch. The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:

Nikula Sàrl Registered in the Canton of Vaud Email: info@saunageneve.ch

You can contact our designated Data Protection representative at the email address provided above.


2. Data Collection and Purpose of Processing We collect and process personal data for the following purposes:

  • For Bookings and Services: When you book a sauna session, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and payment details to process your reservation, communicate with you about your booking, and manage our business records.
  • For Communication: If you contact us via email or a contact form, we collect your name and email address to respond to your inquiry.
  • For Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help spam detection.
  • For Website Analytics: We may use analytics services to collect anonymous data about your visit, including your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This helps us understand how our site is used and improve its performance.
  • For User Accounts: If you register on our website, we store the personal information you provide in your user profile.

3. Cookies Our website uses cookies to enhance your user experience and for analytics. For detailed information on the specific cookies we use, their purpose, and how long they are stored, please refer to our Cookie Consent Banner. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the cookie icon on our website.


4. Embedded Content from Other Websites Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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.


5. Who We Share Your Data With We share your personal data only with trusted third parties necessary for the operation of our business. This includes:

  • Booking and Payment Processors: For managing reservations and handling secure payments (e.g., Stripe).
  • Security and Spam Detection Services: To protect our website and user data.
  • Other Service Providers: To provide features like user comments and website analytics.
  • Gravatar Service: An anonymized string from your email address may be provided to this service for comment profile pictures. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third parties for marketing purposes.


6. Data Transfers Abroad Some of our service providers may be based outside of Switzerland. By using these services, your data may be transferred to countries that may not have data protection laws equivalent to those in Switzerland. However, we take measures to ensure that our service providers adhere to data protection standards and that your data remains secure.


7. Data Retention We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with legal obligations.

  • Booking Data: We retain booking records and associated personal data for a period of 10 years in accordance with Swiss commercial and tax law retention requirements.
  • Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to help us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
  • User Accounts: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile until they request its deletion.

8. Your Rights Over Your Data Under Swiss data protection law, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold.
  • Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data. This does not apply to data we are legally obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your data, particularly for direct marketing purposes.
  • Right to Portability: You can request to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we process your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided in Section 1.


9. Security We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption to ensure the secure transmission of data.


10. Final Provisions This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in our data processing practices or legal requirements. We encourage you to review it periodically. The latest version is always available on our website.