| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Version | Version 1 · April 2026 |
| Operator | IBEX SERVICES Ltd |
| Company No. (UID) | CHE-114.803.997 |
| Registered office | Via Serafino Balestra 6, 6830 Chiasso, Switzerland |
| Platform | www.smemarket.ch |
| Governing law | Swiss law · nDSG / GDPR / ePrivacy |
| Jurisdiction | Canton Ticino, Switzerland |
Categories C and D are listed for transparency; C activates only with your explicit consent, D is unused.
| § | Category | Consent | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Strictly necessary | No consent required | Login sessions, CSRF protection, language and theme preference, consent state itself. |
| B | Functional | No consent required | Remembering form drafts, recently viewed mandates, locale fallback. First-party only. |
| C | Analytics | Loaded only after you click "Accept analytics" | Anonymised, aggregated traffic statistics so we can improve the platform. IP truncated, no profiling, no advertising. |
| D | Marketing | Not in use | Reserved for transparency. If we ever introduce marketing cookies, this section will be updated and a fresh consent request shown. |
If a cookie is set on your browser by smemarket.ch and isn't listed here, that's a bug, please report it to info@smemarket.ch.
| Name | Category | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sessionid | A · Strictly necessary | first · smemarket.ch | Authenticated session for signed-in users. | 14 days (session) |
| csrftoken | A · Strictly necessary | first · smemarket.ch | CSRF protection on form submissions. | 1 year |
| django_language | A · Strictly necessary | first · smemarket.ch | Selected interface language (EN / DE / FR / IT). | 1 year |
| sme_market_cookie_consent | A · Strictly necessary | first · smemarket.ch | Records your cookie preferences so we don't ask again. | Local, kept until cleared |
| sme_market_theme | B · Functional | first · smemarket.ch | Light / dark mode preference. | Local, kept until cleared |
| _ga | C · Analytics (consent) | third · Google Ireland Ltd | Distinguishes unique visitors. Anonymised. | 24 months |
| _ga_<measurement-id> | C · Analytics (consent) | third · Google Ireland Ltd | GA4 session state. | 24 months |
A cookie is a small piece of text a website asks your browser to keep between visits. We also use localStorage for the same purpose, for our own preferences, never for anyone else's. Throughout this notice, "cookie" covers both.
We do not use device fingerprinting, browser canvas profiling, ETags-as-tracking, or any of the substitutes that the industry has invented to evade the cookie consent regime.
**4.1** When you first visit, a banner offers **Accept** or **Decline**. Strictly-necessary cookies (§ A) are set regardless because the site cannot function without them, the law explicitly exempts these from consent. Analytics cookies (§ C) load only if you accept.
**4.2** Change your mind at any time: clear your browser's site data for smemarket.ch, then reload, the consent banner re-appears.
**4.3** You can also clear cookies through your browser's settings, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge all expose this under *Settings → Privacy*. Clearing them logs you out and resets your language / theme preferences.
When you accept analytics, the following processor is engaged:
- · Google Analytics 4, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Dublin. Anonymised IP, no advertising features, EU Standard Contractual Clauses for any onward transfer. See policies.google.com/privacy.
We never sell, share, or syndicate cookie data to advertising networks, data brokers, or affiliate programmes.
**6.1** Strictly necessary cookies are processed on the basis of legitimate interest (Art. 31 nDSG / Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) and are explicitly exempted from consent under Art. 5(3) ePrivacy Directive.
**6.2** Analytics cookies are processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR / Art. 31 nDSG, in conjunction with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court's case law on opt-in for non-essential tracking).
We update this page whenever a new cookie is added, a duration changes, or a processor changes. The version number at the top of the document changes each time. Material changes (introduction of new categories, addition of marketing cookies) require a fresh consent request, the banner is re-armed automatically.