Privacy Notice

General information

According to Section 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the Federal Act on Data Protection [Datenschutzgesetz, DSG], every person has the right to privacy and to be protected against the misuse of their personal data. The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

In our partnerships with our hosting providers, we undertake to safeguard the databases against third-party access, loss, misuse or fraud to the greatest possible extent.

Please note that online data transmissions (e.g. email communication) may be subject to security gaps. We are unable to warrant complete protection of data against third party access.

When you use this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data according to the following information. You will be able to use this website without creating an account. In this case, data such as the pages accessed or names of requested files and the date and time of your visit will be stored on the server for statistical purposes without it being possible to directly assign this data to your person. Personal data, particularly your name, address and email address shall only be collected on a voluntary basis, where possible. Your data will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent.

 

Cookies Policy

We use cookies on this website. Cookies are small text files containing information on the website or domain you have visited that are stored on your computer by your browser. Cookies are primarily used to save information on a user during or after their visit to our website. The information saved may include language preferences on the website, login status, the shopping cart or the location where a video was played. The term ‘cookies’ also refers to other technologies that perform similar functions (e.g. saving user information using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as ‘user IDs’).

Cookies can be split in to the following types and functions:

  • Temporary cookies (also known as session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted by the time a user leaves our website and closes their browser.
  • Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies remain in place after the browser is closed. This allows us to save the user’s login status or display preferred content the next time they visit our website. It also enables us to use the user’s interests saved by the cookie to measure our reach or for marketing purposes.
  • First-Party-Cookies: We are responsible for setting first-party cookies.
  • Third-Party-Cookies (auch: Drittanbieter-Cookies): Third-party cookies are primarily used by advertisers (third parties) to process user data.
  • Necessary cookies (essential or strictly necessary): The use of cookies may be strictly necessary to operate a website (e.g. to save login information or other user settings, or for security reasons).
  • Statistical, marketing and personalisation cookies: Furthermore, cookies are usually also used to measure the reach of our website and when a user's interests or behaviour (viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) on individual websites are stored in a user profile. User profiles are used to display users content that may be of interest to them, among other tasks. This process is referred to as ‘tracking’ the user’s potential interests. You will be informed separately in our privacy notice or when we ask for your consent if we use cookies or tracking technologies.

Information on legal bases: The legal basis on which we process your personal data using cookies may vary depending on whether we have obtained your consent to this processing. If you have consented to the use of cookies, your data will be processed on the legal basis of your declaration of consent. Otherwise, we may use cookies to process data on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. the economical operation of our website and its ongoing improvement) or, if the use of cookies is required, to perform our contractual duties.

Retention period: If we have not provided any explicit information on the retention period for persistent cookies (e.g. as part of the cookie opt-in process), please assume that the retention period may be up to two years.

General information on withdrawing consent and opting out: Depending on whether the processing is based on your consent or legal permission, you reserve the right to withdraw any consent given or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies at any time (collectively referred to as ‘opting out’). You can object to this processing by changing your browser settings to prevent the use of cookies, for example. Please keep in mind that deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website. A number of services can also be used to object to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes, including the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. You can also receive further information on how to object to processing in the information provided on the providers and cookies used on this website.

Processing of cookie data on the basis of your consent: We use a cookie consent management procedure where users can grant, manage and withdraw their consent to the use of cookies, or the processing and providers named in the cookie consent management procedure. The declaration of consent is stored so that it does not have to be repeated and consent can be proven in accordance with our legal duties. This information may be stored on a server and/or in a cookie (opt-in cookie, or with the use of similar technologies) in order to assign the consent to a particular user or their device. The following terms apply, subject to separate information provided by the providers of cookie management services: Your declaration of consent may be stored for up to two years. To this end, a pseudonymous user identifier will be created and stored with the time your consent was obtained, information on the scope of consent (e.g. categories of cookies and/or service providers) as well as the browser, system and end device used.

  • Categories of processed data: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Affected people: User (e.g. website visitor, user of online services).
  • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6(1)(1) lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(1) lit. f GDPR).

 

Privacy Google Ads 

On our website, we use the online advertising program “Google Ads” and, as part of Google Ads, conversion tracking from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). We use the offer of Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising materials (Google Adwords) on external websites. In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. In doing so, we aim to show you advertisements that are of interest to you, make our website more interesting to you and achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs.
The conversion tracking cookie is used when a user clicks on an advert placed by Google. The cookie allows us and Google to recognise that the user has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to our website. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can block its use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under User Settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
You can find further information about Google’s privacy policy at the following website: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
The legal basis for the aforementioned data processing is our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
 

 

Privacy notice for SSL/TLS encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries that you send to us as the website operator. You can see whether you have an encrypted connection by checking that the address bar of your browser changes from ‘http://’ to ‘https://’ and by the appearance of a lock icon in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

Privacy notice for server log files

The provider of this website automatically collects and saves information in server log files, which is automatically sent to us by your browser. This includes:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request

This information cannot be assigned to a particular individual. It shall also not be merged with data from other sources. We reserve the right to check this data at a later point if we have a legitimate reason to suspect unlawful use of our website.

 

Privacy policy for contact forms

If you send us queries via the contact form, the details you submit in the query form, including the contact details disclosed there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the query and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not disclose this data to third parties without your consent.

 

Privacy policy for newsletter data

If you want to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we require your email address and certain information that allows us to check that the entered email address belongs to you and that you consent to receiving the newsletter. We do not collect any other data. We solely use this data to send the requested information and do not disclose it to any third parties.

Consent granted for storing your data, email address and their use to send the newsletter can be withdrawn at any time by clicking on the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in the newsletter.

 

Use of Google reCAPTCHA

Our website uses Google reCAPTCHA (‘reCAPTCHA)’. This service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, (‘Google’). reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our website (e.g. in the contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor by means of various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically once the website visitor enters the website. reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the user spends on the website or the user's mouse movements) for the analysis. Data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyses run in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

This data processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive automated spying and spam. For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy, please refer to the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

 

Google Analytics privacy policy

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the data controller on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, the Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘Google’.

The obtained statistics allow us to improve our services and make them more tailored to your needs as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics to analyse visitor traffic across all devices, which is conducted using a user ID. If you have an account with Google, you can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your website use under ‘My data’, ‘Personal data’ in your account settings.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6(1)(1) lit. f GDPR. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by _anonymizeIp(); to ensure the anonymised collection of IP addresses. As a result, IP addresses are processed in truncated form, and it is consequently not possible to establish any links to you personally. Namely, if the data you disclose features any personal information, it will not be possible to draw any personal links to you and the personal data will be instantly erased.

Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services regarding website activity and Internet usage for the website operator.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will generally be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can object to the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by cookies related to your use of this website (incl. your IP address) by Google and the subsequent processing thereof by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin at the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics.

You can also prevent Google Analytics from using your data by clicking on the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics. In this case, an opt-out cookie will be stored on your computer to prevent Google Analytics from processing your personal data. Please keep in mind that if you delete all cookies in your browser, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again to continue preventing this form of data collection. The opt-out cookies are set separately for each browser and computer/end device and therefore need to be activated separately for each browser, computer or other end device.

 

Privacy policy for the use of Google Web Fonts

This website uses web fonts provided by Google to ensure the uniform display of fonts. When you visit a website, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, your device will use a default font.
 

More information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

 

External payment providers


We use external payment providers on this website to allow users and the foundation to conduct payment transactions on the providers’ platforms.

In relation to the performance of contracts, we use payment providers on the basis of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection and, where applicable, Art. 6(1) lit. b GDPR. We also use external payment providers on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection and, where applicable, Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR in order to provide effective and secure payment options to our users.

The data processed by the payment providers includes inventory data, including your name and address, bank information, such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, along with contractual information, totals and recipient-related information. This information is required to perform the transactions. However, the data entered is only processed by the payment providers and stored by them. As the operator, we do not receive any information on your (bank) account or credit card, but only a notification to confirm (accept) or reject your payment. Your data may be forwarded to credit agencies by payment providers in certain cases. This data is forwarded in order to check your identity and creditworthiness. Please read the payment provider's T&Cs and Privacy Policy for more information in this regard.

Payment transactions are subject to the T&Cs and Privacy Policy of the respective payment provider, which are published on the corresponding website or transaction applications. Please also consult these documents to receive more information and assert your right to withdrawal, information and other data subject rights.

 

Privacy policy for YouTube


Features from ‘YouTube’ are embedded on this website. ‘YouTube’ is owned by Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operated in compliance with Irish law, headquartered at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which provides services in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

Your legal agreement with ‘YouTube’ consists of the terms and conditions found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=de&template=terms&hl=de. These provisions constitute a legally binding agreement between you and ‘YouTube’ regarding the use of the services. Google's Privacy Policy explains how ‘YouTube’ handles your personal data and protects your data when you use the service.

 

Privacy policy for Vimeo


Plugins for the video portal Vimeo of Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA are embedded on this website. Each time you visit a page containing one or more Vimeo clips, a direct connection is established between your browser and a Vimeo server in the USA. Information about your visit and your IP address is stored on this server. When you interact with Vimeo plugins (e.g. clicking on the play button), this information is transmitted to Vimeo and stored there. Please read the Vimeo Privacy Policy to learn more about the collection and use of your data by Vimeo.

If you have an account with Vimeo and want to prevent Vimeo from collecting data about you when you use this website and linking it to your membership data stored by Vimeo, please log out of Vimeo before visiting this website.

Vimeo also uses the Google Analytics tracker via iFrame when you watch a video. This is tracking undertaken by Vimeo, which we are consequently unable to access. You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics by using the deactivation tools that Google offers for certain internet browsers. Furthermore, you can prevent Google's collection and use of data generated by Google Analytics relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

 

Modifications

We reserve the right to change this privacy notice at any time without prior announcement. The current version is the one published on our website. In the case that the privacy notice forms part of an agreement with you, we will notify you of any updates by email or in another suitable manner.

 

Queries for the Data Protection Officer


If you have any queries related to data protection, please write us an email or contact our company Data Protection Officer specified at the start of this privacy notice.

The data controller as per the data protection legislation, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Dementia Research Switzerland - Synapsis Foundation
Corinne Denzler
Josefstrasse 92
8005 Zurich

Phone number: +41 44 271 35 11
Email: info_at_demenz-forschung.ch
Website: https://www.demenz-forschung.ch


Source: SwissAnwalt

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