Privacy Policy (Swiss FADP / GDPR)
Last updated : 25 July 2026
This policy explains how DANAIDES, a sole proprietorship located at Grand-Rue 45, 1110 Morges (Switzerland), collects, uses, shares and protects your personal data when you use the Danaides flatshare platform at https://danaides.cloud (website, accounts, messaging and related services). It applies under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where the GDPR applies (EEA/UK users), under the GDPR.
1. Data controller
The data controller is:
- DANAIDES — sole proprietorship
- Address: Grand-Rue 45, 1110 Morges, Switzerland
- Email: contact@danaides.cloud
- Support: support@danaides.cloud
- Phone: +41 76 237 29 70
- Website: https://danaides.cloud
2. Scope
This policy covers visitors, registered seekers and landlords/advertisers, listing publishers, messaging users, users who favourite listings, users who pay for listing promotion, and anyone who contacts us.
Danaides is a matching platform for flatshares. We are not a party to any lease agreements concluded between users.
3. Personal data we collect
Depending on your use, we may process:
3.1 Account data
- Email, password (hashed by Firebase Authentication)
- Google sign-in data (email, display name, photo) if you choose Google
- First/last name, age, gender, nationality, phone number
- Account type, verification status, timestamps
- Email notification preferences
3.2 Seeker profile
- City of residence, searched city and related coordinates
- Occupation, bio, languages, max budget, smoking/pets preferences
- Profile photo (Firebase Storage)
3.3 Landlord profile
- Name, age, phone, address
- Profile photo
- Moderation / verification-related information
3.4 Listings
- Title, description, photos, rent, charges, property details
- Address / city / geolocation
- House rules and availability
- Status (active, moderation, paid promotion)
- Advertiser identifiers displayed with the listing
3.5 Messaging
- Participants, displayed names/photos
- Message content, timestamps, read status
- Linked listing metadata
3.6 Favourites & presence
- Favourited listings/profiles
- Last-active indicator for chat presence
3.7 Payments
- Amount (CHF), listing id, Stripe payment status
- Card data is processed only by Stripe and not stored on our servers
3.8 Technical data
- IP address, technical logs, device/browser info
- Cookies / local storage (language, theme, consent, auth session)
- Browser geolocation only if you grant permission
- Geocoding queries to OpenStreetMap Nominatim
- Mobile app: Mapbox maps/geolocation and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) push notifications if enabled
3.9 Data we do not intentionally collect
- Full card numbers
- Special-category sensitive data — please do not publish them
- No third-party ad analytics (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, etc.) as of this policy date
4. Purposes and legal bases
- Provide the platform — contract / pre-contractual steps
- Messaging — contract
- Security, fraud prevention, moderation — legitimate interest / duty of care
- Promotion payments — contract; accounting retention — legal obligation
- Service emails (per preferences) — contract and/or consent
- Non-essential cookies — consent
- Support requests — legitimate interest / pre-contractual steps
- Legal compliance
5. Recipients and processors
- Other users (profiles, listings, messages as relevant)
- DANAIDES and authorised operators
- Processors: Hostinger (web hosting of https://danaides.cloud), Google Firebase / Google Cloud, Google OAuth (optional), Stripe, OSM Nominatim / map tiles, Mapbox (mobile maps), Firebase Cloud Messaging / FCM (mobile push), SMTP provider
Processors may process data outside Switzerland (including EU/US) with appropriate safeguards where required.
6. International transfers
Hostinger, Firebase/Google Cloud and Stripe may involve transfers to third countries under adequacy decisions and/or standard contractual clauses where GDPR applies; under Swiss law we assess protection levels and complementary measures.
7. Retention
- Account/profile: for the life of the account, then deletion/anonymisation within a reasonable time (unless legal retention applies)
- Listings/photos: while active, then archive/delete as needed for operations/evidence
- Messages: as needed for the service and evidence, then delete/anonymise
- Payment/accounting data: up to 10 years (Swiss law)
- Technical logs: generally up to 12 months
- Cookies: per cookie policy; consent up to 13 months
8. Security
We use Firebase authentication, HTTPS/TLS, access rules, least privilege and cloud backups. No system is perfectly secure — use a strong unique password.
9. Your rights
- Access, rectification, erasure (within legal limits), restriction, objection
- Portability where GDPR applies
- Withdraw consent at any time for consent-based processing
- No fully automated decision-making with legal effects of that type is performed by the platform
Contact: contact@danaides.cloud. Complaint: FDPIC (https://www.edoeb.admin.ch) or your EU supervisory authority if applicable.
10. Minors
The service is intended for adults or persons with legal capacity. Minimum technical profile age is 16. Contact us to delete data relating to a minor collected without authorisation.
11. Moderation
We may moderate, suspend or delete accounts, listings or messages that breach the Terms or the law.
12. Third-party links
Third-party sites have their own privacy policies; DANAIDES is not responsible for them.
13. Changes
We may update this policy. The “last updated” date will change; material changes may be communicated via the site or email.
14. Contact
- Email: contact@danaides.cloud
- Support: support@danaides.cloud
- Mail: DANAIDES, Grand-Rue 45, 1110 Morges, Switzerland
- Phone: +41 76 237 29 70