Last updated: March 29, 2026
Marcel Groux (“Yoga by Marcel Groux,” “we,” “us”) operates yogabmg.com. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP/nDSG) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data Controller
Marcel Groux Switzerland hi@yogabmg.com
What data we collect and why
Newsletter: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name and email address. We process this data based on your consent. You can withdraw consent and unsubscribe at any time using the link in every email. Your newsletter data is processed by Brevo (formerly Sendinblue), headquartered in France (EU).
Website hosting and technical data: When you visit our website, our hosting provider may automatically collect technical data such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. This data is processed based on our legitimate interest in ensuring the security and functionality of our website.
Contact by email: If you contact us at hi@yogabmg.com, we process your email address, name, and message content to respond to your inquiry. This is based on our legitimate interest in communicating with you.
Cookies: Our website uses cookies that are technically necessary for the site to function. WordPress sets session and functionality cookies automatically. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. If this changes in the future, we will update this policy and implement a cookie consent mechanism.
Embedded content: Our website embeds content from third-party services. When you view pages containing embedded content, these providers may collect data about you, set cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This includes YouTube (Google LLC, USA) for video content. If you are logged into your YouTube or Google account while viewing embedded videos, YouTube may associate your visit with your profile.
Donations: Our website links to Buy Me a Coffee, a third-party donation platform. If you choose to support us through that platform, your transaction and any personal data you provide are processed by Buy Me a Coffee under their own privacy policy and terms of service.
Social media links: Our website contains links to third-party platforms including YouTube, Discord, LinkedIn, and Telegram. Clicking these links takes you to those platforms, which are governed by their own privacy policies. We do not receive data from these platforms through these links.
Legal basis for processing
We process your data on the following legal bases: consent (newsletter subscription), legitimate interest (website operation, security, communication), and contractual necessity (responding to inquiries and providing services).
Third-party services and data transfers
We use the following third-party services that may process your data:
Brevo (Sendinblue) — email marketing, based in France (EU). YouTube/Google — video embeds, based in the USA. Buy Me a Coffee — donation platform. WordPress — content management and hosting.
Some of these providers are based outside Switzerland and the European Economic Area, in particular in the United States. Where data is transferred to countries without an adequate level of data protection, these providers rely on appropriate safeguards such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent mechanisms.
Data security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption for data transmission.
Data retention
Newsletter data is retained until you unsubscribe, after which it is deleted from our mailing list. Email correspondence is retained as long as necessary to address your inquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter. Technical server logs are retained according to our hosting provider’s standard retention period.
Your rights
Under the Swiss FADP and GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request correction of inaccurate data, to request deletion of your data, to request restriction of processing, to data portability, to object to processing based on legitimate interest, and to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hi@yogabmg.com. We will respond within 30 days.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). In the EU, you may contact the supervisory authority in your country of residence.
Children
Our website and services are not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.