Abfall CH

Waste collection calendar for every Swiss municipality

Privacy policy

Last updated: 5 September 2026

Abfall CH shows the waste collection dates for your municipality. The app needs no account: you choose a municipality and the app downloads its calendar from our server. The free app is financed by Google AdMob advertising — the only point where data flows to an advertising provider. We ourselves keep no user database for this app.

1. Data controller

We have not appointed a data protection officer or an EU representative because we do not reach the relevant thresholds. Please address all requests to the contact above.

2. What data we process

What we explicitly do not collect

• No account, no registration, no login
• No transmission of your postcode or address to us
• No location tracking — location is requested at most once, on your tap
• No push servers: reminders are generated by your device itself

3. Permissions on your device

The app requests only the following permissions. Each of them can be revoked at any time in your device settings; the app remains usable afterwards, with reduced functionality.

• Approximate location (optional) — A one-off search for the nearest municipality. The coordinates never leave the device.
• Notifications — Reminder the evening before collection. The notification is scheduled locally on the device.
• Exact alarms and start after reboot (Android) — So the reminder fires at the right time and survives a device restart.
• Advertising ID (Android: com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID) — Only for ad delivery; used for personalised advertising only with your consent.
• Internet — Downloading calendars and loading ads.

4. Legal bases

We process personal data under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP). Where the GDPR applies, we rely on:

• Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) — everything needed for the app to deliver the function you requested.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) — secure and stable operation, abuse prevention, troubleshooting.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) — for anything you actively enable in this app: location for the one-off municipality search, notifications for the collection reminder and personalised advertising. Consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future by revoking the permission in your system settings.
• Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) — in particular commercial and tax retention duties for payments.

Advertising: we ask for your consent before the first ad (on Android via Google’s consent management, on iOS additionally via Apple’s App Tracking prompt). If you decline you still see ads, but non-personalised ones. You can change your choice at any time in the app or system settings.

5. Recipients and third parties

We do not sell data and do not disclose it for advertising purposes. Data is disclosed only to the following parties, and only where required for operation:

Authorities and courts receive data only where we are legally obliged to provide it.

Transfers abroad

Some of the recipients listed above process data outside Switzerland and the EEA, in particular in the United States. We base such transfers on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses with the Swiss adaptations recognised by the FDPIC and, where applicable, on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. We will provide information on the safeguards in place on request.

6. Retention and deletion

We keep no user database for this app. Your municipality choice, area, reminders and downloaded calendars live on the device and disappear on uninstall. On the server only technical access logs are created (IP address, time, requested file), expiring after 14 days. Contact form enquiries are deleted once closed. How long Google retains advertising data is governed by Google’s terms.

Step-by-step instructions are available at Delete data.

7. Children and young people

This app is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If we learn that such data has been submitted without parental consent, we delete it without delay.

8. Data security

Wherever the app transmits data at all, connections are encrypted via HTTPS/TLS. On the server side we use access restrictions, tenant separation and regular backups. Nobody can, however, guarantee absolute security for data transmission over the internet.

9. Your rights

• Access to the personal data we process
• Rectification of inaccurate data
• Erasure or destruction of your data
• Restriction of and objection to processing
• Receiving or porting your data in a common format
• Withdrawal of consent with effect for the future

An informal message to info@babala.ch or a call to 076 222 45 99. We normally respond within 30 days. To verify your identity we may request suitable proof. You may also lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Switzerland: FDPIC; EU: your competent authority).

10. Changes to this policy

We may adapt this policy when the app or the legal framework changes. The version published on this page, with the date shown above, is the applicable one. We announce material changes inside the app.