1. Overview
This Cookie Policy explains how WEB-SET Interactive GmbH ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and similar technologies ("Cookies") on the Swiss Cyber AI Conference website ("Website").
This Website relates to the Swiss Cyber AI Conference in Lugano, Switzerland. This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
We use strictly necessary Cookies to operate the Website. All non-essential Cookies, including analytics, marketing, and preference Cookies, should only be activated where you have provided valid consent through our cookie banner or consent tool.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files or similar technologies stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function, remember settings, improve performance, measure usage, and, where enabled, support advertising and conversion tracking.
3. Why We Use Cookies
We use Cookies for the following purposes:
- to ensure the technical operation, security, and stability of the Website;
- to remember your privacy or cookie preferences;
- to improve usability and user experience;
- to understand how visitors use our Website through analytics;
- to measure campaign performance and conversions;
- to support communication, advertising, and event promotion where you have consented.
4. Categories of Cookies We Use
| Category |
Purpose |
Consent Required |
| Strictly Necessary |
Enable core website functions such as security, consent management, session integrity, fraud prevention, and page delivery. |
No |
| Preferences / Functional |
Remember language, consent selections, or other optional user settings. |
Yes, unless strictly necessary for a service you requested |
| Analytics / Statistics |
Help us understand website traffic, page views, user journeys, and campaign effectiveness in order to improve the Website and event communications. |
Yes |
| Marketing / Advertising |
Support ad measurement, remarketing, conversion tracking, and audience building across advertising platforms. |
Yes |
5. Cookies and Technologies Potentially Used on This Website
Depending on your consent choices and the tools activated on the Website, we may use technologies from the following providers or categories:
- Consent Management: Cookie-Script or an equivalent consent platform to record your preferences and manage consent choices.
- Google Ads / Conversion Tracking: to measure advertising performance, registrations, and related conversions.
- Google Analytics or comparable analytics tools: to understand traffic sources, visitor behavior, and page performance.
- Security and infrastructure technologies: to maintain site integrity, availability, and abuse protection.
- Embedded content or third-party services: where specific pages include external media, scripts, or integrations.
The exact Cookies served may vary depending on the pages visited, whether embedded content is used, and the consent choices you make.
6. Legal Basis and Consent
Strictly necessary Cookies are used because they are required to provide the Website securely and properly.
All non-essential Cookies should only be stored or read on your device after you have given your explicit consent through the cookie banner or consent settings tool. You are not required to accept non-essential Cookies to access the main informational content of the Website.
7. How You Can Manage Your Cookie Choices
You can manage Cookies in several ways:
- through the cookie banner shown on first visit;
- through the cookie preferences link or consent management tool made available on the Website;
- through your browser settings, where you can block, delete, or limit Cookies;
- through available opt-out tools from certain third-party providers, where applicable.
Please note that disabling certain Cookies may affect the functionality, performance, or convenience of some parts of the Website.
8. Retention Period
Cookies may remain on your device for different periods depending on their purpose:
- Session Cookies: deleted automatically when you close your browser;
- Persistent Cookies: remain for a defined period or until manually deleted.
Where possible, retention periods are limited to what is reasonably necessary for the stated purpose. Consent records may be retained for an appropriate period to demonstrate compliance with applicable privacy requirements.
9. Third-Party Cookies
Some Cookies may be placed by third-party providers whose services we use, for example for analytics, advertising, embedded functionality, or consent management.
These third parties may process information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie notices. Where required, such third-party Cookies should only be activated after your consent has been obtained.
10. International Data Transfers
Where Cookies or related technologies involve providers located outside Switzerland or the EEA, related personal data may be transferred internationally. In such cases, we seek to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as contractual protections or reliance on recognized adequacy mechanisms where applicable.
11. Personal Data Collected Through Cookies
Depending on the technology used and your choices, Cookies may involve the processing of data such as:
- IP address;
- browser and device information;
- unique cookie or advertising identifiers;
- website usage data, pages visited, clicks, and session information;
- referrer URL and campaign source information;
- approximate geolocation derived from network information;
- consent status and preference selections.
To the extent that such information identifies or relates to an individual, it will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
12. Your Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights relating to personal data processed through Cookies, including the right to access, rectify, delete, restrict, object, and withdraw consent.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that took place before withdrawal. To exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@web-set.com.
13. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect legal, technical, or operational changes. Any updated version will be published on this page with a revised effective date.
14. Contact and Data Controller
The data controller for the Website and the Swiss Cyber AI Conference is:
WEB-SET Interactive GmbH
Baarermattstrasse 8B
CH-6340 Baar, Switzerland
Email: privacy@web-set.com
15. Effective Date
Effective date: 2 February 2026
