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Legal notice

The serious part, in plain words.

Impressum, privacy notice, cookies (none) and data sources. Written to be actually read: in English, without needless legalese, with references to the Swiss (FADP) and European (GDPR) legal bases.

If anything is unclear, write to us. We would rather rewrite a sentence than hide a passage.

Version 3.1 · updated 8 October 2026

Impressum

  • Legal formSagl
  • RegisterCH-500.4.004.386-4
  • Since1998
  • Based inRiazzino TI

Company details

NS Net Source Sagl, a limited liability company under Swiss law, entered in the Commercial Register of the Canton of Ticino on 12 March 1998.

Contact details

Company name
NS Net Source Sagl
Legal form
Sagl, limited liability company
Registered office
Via alla Bolla 4, 6595 Riazzino TI
Commercial Register
CH-500.4.004.386-4
UID
CHE-104.802.022
VAT
CHE-104.802.022 VAT

Representation and editorial contact

Responsible for the content published on nsource.ch: Leonardo Gruosso, managing partner. For corrections, reports or removal requests: info@nsource.ch.

Supervisory authority

Commercial Register Office of the Canton of Ticino, Via Bossi 2a, 6500 Bellinzona.

Place of jurisdiction

For any dispute arising from the use of this website or from the services provided by NS Net Source Sagl, the place of jurisdiction is Bellinzona, Canton of Ticino (CH). Swiss law applies exclusively.

Limitation of liability

The content of this website is prepared with the greatest care. However, NS Net Source Sagl accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the published information, nor for any damage arising from its use.

External links are provided for reference. NS Net Source Sagl does not control and is not responsible for the content of third-party websites.

Copyright. Texts, images, logo, code and all other content published on nsource.ch are protected by Swiss (CopA) and international copyright law. Reproduction, even in part, only with prior written consent.

Privacy and data processing

  • BasisFADP · GDPR
  • Websitehosted in Switzerland
  • Analyticsnone
  • DPOnot required

Controller

NS Net Source Sagl, Via alla Bolla 4, 6595 Riazzino TI, is the controller of the personal data collected through this website and in providing its services. For any request: info@nsource.ch.

Principles we apply

Processing complies with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), in force since 1 September 2023, and, where applicable, with EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).

  • Data minimisation. We collect only what we need to provide the service you ask for.
  • Purpose limitation. Data is not used for purposes other than those stated.
  • Storage limitation. Data is kept only for as long as strictly necessary.
  • Security. Pages and the form travel encrypted (HTTPS); the form message goes from our server to our mailbox over an encrypted connection.

Data we collect

When you visit the website. Like any web server, the one hosting nsource.ch records requests in its access logs: IP address, date and time, page requested, browser and referring site. They keep the site running and protect it from abuse; the hosting provider keeps them for a limited period, and we do not use them for statistics or to identify visitors. Legal basis: legitimate interest (security and operation of the website).

When you write to us, through the form or by email: name, email and, if you give them, company, phone and the text of your message. We use them to reply and, if work comes of it, to follow it up. Legal basis: your request (pre-contractual measures) and the consent you give by ticking the box on the form. After sending, you receive an automatic confirmation at the address you entered.

To protect the form from automated submissions, the server keeps a fingerprint (hash) of your IP address and email for a few hours, not the addresses themselves, and then deletes it automatically.

Contract data, for active clients: billing details, technical correspondence, system access credentials. Legal basis: performance of the contract. Retention: as long as the law requires (usually 10 years for accounting records).

Where the data goes

The website is hosted by Hoststar in Switzerland. Messages from the form leave our server and reach the info@nsource.ch mailbox through Google's email service (Google LLC, United States), which we use for our email. The transfer is covered by the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework, recognised by the Swiss Federal Council (decision of 14 August 2024, in force since 15 September 2024) as ensuring an adequate level of protection under Art. 16 FADP.

  • Hoststar (hosting)

    Purpose
    Server for the nsource.ch website and the contact form
    Provider and jurisdiction
    Hoststar, Switzerland
    Data category
    Server access logs (IP, date and time, page, browser)
    Retention
    For a limited period, according to the provider's settings
    Legal basis
    Legitimate interest (Art. 31 para. 1 FADP)

  • Google (email)

    Purpose
    Sending and receiving form messages and email
    Provider and jurisdiction
    Google LLC, Mountain View CA, USA: Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework (in force since 15 September 2024)
    Data category
    Name, email, company and phone if given, message content
    Retention
    As long as needed to reply and to manage the relationship that follows
    Legal basis
    Pre-contractual measures (Art. 31 para. 2 let. a FADP)

Retention

Messages we receive stay in our mailbox for as long as we need them to reply and to manage the relationship that follows; when they are no longer needed, we delete them. You can ask us to delete them at any time at info@nsource.ch: we reply within 30 days.

What we (deliberately) don't do

  • We do not sell data to third parties. Ever.
  • No analytics: no Google Analytics, Cloudflare, Meta Pixel or LinkedIn Insight. We don't count visits and we don't know who you are until you write to us.
  • Pages load nothing from other servers: fonts, images, 3D models and code are all on nsource.ch.
  • We do not profile users for automated decisions.
  • We do not send marketing emails to anyone who has not asked for them.

Your rights

  • Accessfree
  • Reply30 days
  • Channelemail or letter
  • Costnone

The rights you have

  • Access: find out what personal data we process about you (Art. 25 FADP).
  • Rectification: have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected (Art. 32 FADP).
  • Erasure: ask for your data to be deleted, unless the law requires us to keep it (Art. 32 FADP).
  • Portability: receive your data in a structured, commonly used format (Art. 28 FADP).
  • Objection: object to processing on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 30 FADP).

How to exercise them

Write to info@nsource.ch saying which right you want to exercise. We reply within 30 days, as Art. 25 para. 7 FADP requires, free of charge, unless requests are manifestly excessive or repeated.

Or by post: NS Net Source Sagl, Privacy, Via alla Bolla 4, 6595 Riazzino TI.

Complaints to the authority

If you believe that the processing of your data breaks the law, you can lodge a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), Feldeggweg 1, 3003 Bern, edoeb.admin.ch (opens in a new window).

People living in the EU can also turn to the data protection authority of their country of residence.

Updates to this document

This notice may be updated to reflect changes in the law or in our services. The date of the latest revision is shown at the top. Active clients are told about substantial changes by email.

Questions? Call us: 091 220 06 29. We answer the phone ourselves.

Sources and licences

  • MapOpenStreetMap
  • TerrainTerrain Tiles
  • Librariesthree.js · GSAP
  • FontsSIL OFL

Map data

The relief model of Ticino and Italian-speaking Grisons on the About us page is built from open data:

  • Borders, lakes, towns and roads: © OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in a new window), data available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
  • Terrain heights: Terrain Tiles by Mapzen, from the Registry of Open Data on AWS, derived from sources including SRTM, GMTED2010, ETOPO1 and EU-DEM. EU-DEM: produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers.

Libraries

  • three.js (the 3D graphics): MIT licence, © three.js authors.
  • meshoptimizer (decompressing the 3D models, included in three.js): MIT licence, © Arseny Kapoulkine.
  • GSAP with ScrollTrigger (the animation on the InfoTime page): GSAP Standard License (opens in a new window), © GreenSock.

All libraries are copied to our server and loaded from there.

Fonts

Hanken Grotesk, Pixelify Sans, Archivo and Fjalla One, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, also on our server.

Trademarks

Dell, Sophos, Microsoft, Cisco and QNAP are trademarks of their respective owners: we name them to show which products we work with. The Japan Matsuri Bellinzona logo belongs to the festival.