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Privacy policy
944.world is a private, non-commercial project from Switzerland. We process as little personal data as possible: no advertising, no tracking, no analytics tools, no profiles. The Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) applies; for visitors from the EU also the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where applicable.
1. Controller
Florian Steiner
Wasserwekgasse 5, 3011 Bern
Switzerland
Contact: contact form
More details in the imprint.
2. Visiting the website
When a page is requested, the server processes technically necessary data: IP address, time, requested address, browser identifier. We serve the fonts ourselves; no data is sent to Google or other third parties when you visit. The host (Infomaniak Network SA, Genf, Schweiz) keeps server logs for operation and security; they are deleted after a short time and not analysed.
To prevent abuse we limit requests per connection and per e-mail address. For this we store IP and e-mail addresses only as salted hashes, for one day at most.
Search runs on our own server; search terms are not sent to third parties. If a term finds nothing, we count it anonymously – without IP address, account or cookie – to see which articles are missing. E-mail addresses, phone numbers and full VINs are masked automatically beforehand. Terms are deleted twelve months after they were last searched.
3. Account and sign-in
For an account we store your e-mail address, your username, optionally country and region, and your preferred language. You sign in with a link sent by e-mail, without a password. The link is valid for 15 minutes and only once; we store only a hash of it. For the session we set a strictly necessary cookie («sid», 30 days, this website only). There are no other cookies. Publicly, only your username is shown, never your e-mail address.
Sign-in links are sent by Infomaniak Network SA, Genf, Schweiz.
4. Vehicle data, photos and records
You decide what you enter about your cars (basic data, photos, history, service book, registration details, records) and the visibility per area: private, members only or public. The full VIN is never public, only the first 13 characters. Photos of the VIN plate are seen by moderation only. When uploading, we remove metadata such as the location (GPS).
Ownership is stored as a period. If you sell a car, it stays in the register; your period remains without showing your name publicly.
5. Submissions without an account
Reporting a car for the register, suggesting or rating a specialist without an account sends the details to moderation. An e-mail address for questions is optional and never published. To prevent abuse we store a hash of the IP address with it.
Contact form: we forward your name (optional), e-mail address and message by e-mail to the operator (sent via Infomaniak Network SA, Genf, Schweiz). We do not store the message on the server. To prevent abuse, we count requests per IP address (stored only as a hash) for at most one day. We keep the e-mail as long as we need it to reply and for any follow-up questions.
6. «Ask the 944 expert»
Your question is first looked up in our knowledge base. To answer it, it is sent to Anthropic PBC (USA) and processed by an AI model; if the knowledge base has nothing, the model searches selected specialist websites. According to Anthropic, the data is not used for training. We cache answers for up to seven days, linked only to the question, not to you.
Questions the knowledge base cannot answer are stored without IP address and without account, so we can see which articles are missing. E-mail addresses, phone numbers and full VINs are masked automatically beforehand. Please still do not enter personal data.
7. Specialists map
The map only loads when you click «Load map». Your browser then fetches map tiles from the OpenStreetMap Foundation (United Kingdom), which transmits your IP address.
8. Only in your browser
Some features store data only locally in your browser (localStorage) and send nothing to us: the light/dark choice, the service book without an account, and the buying check including asking price and VIN. You delete this data by clearing the site data in your browser.
9. Transfers abroad
Data only leaves Switzerland in the cases above: to Anthropic in the USA (section 6) and to the OpenStreetMap Foundation in the United Kingdom (section 7). For the USA we rely on the standard contractual clauses provided in Anthropic's terms.
10. Retention
We keep account and vehicle data until you delete it or your account. Expired sign-in links are deleted automatically; sessions expire after 30 days. When you delete your account, we also remove any remaining sign-in links with your e-mail address.
11. Your rights
You can view, correct and download your data as a ZIP file at any time (Profile → Export account). You can delete your account yourself: private data is deleted, public vehicle data stays in the register without any link to a person. You can delete an entry entered by mistake or twice; if it holds details from earlier owners, only your details and files are removed.
For any other privacy request: via the contact form or by post to the address in section 1. You may also lodge a complaint with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) or, from the EU, with the supervisory authority of your country.
12. Changes
When features of the website change, we update this policy. The version published here applies.