Who we are
The address of our website is: https://www.aekai.ch.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When our visitors post comments on the site, we collect the information displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and user-agent string (which identifies the browser) to help identify spam.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) can be created from your e-mail address and sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is shared, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment
Media
If you are a registered user and upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos with an EXIF GPS location. Visitors to this website could download photos stored on this website and extract their location information.
Contact Forms
If you fill out and send a contact form on our website, the data you enter will be used by us to identify you (usually surname, first name, email address, IP address) and to respond to your contact. The personal data you provide us with in the context of a contact request will only be used to answer your request or contact you and for the related technical administration. Under no circumstances will it be passed on to third parties.
Cookies
When you write a comment on our website, this may be a consent to store your name, e-mail address and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that you do not have to re-enter all this information when you write another comment. These cookies are stored for one year.
If you have an account and you log on to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set some cookies to store your login information and display options. Login cookies expire after two days and display option cookies expire after one year. If you select “Stay signed in” when you sign in, your sign in will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies are deleted.
When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only refers to the article ID of the article you have just edited. The cookie expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Contributions on this website may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, pictures, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These sites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services, and record your interaction with that embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged on to that site.
Analysis Services
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse 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. By using this website, you agree to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.
You can prevent the collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
With Whom We Share Your Data
As a matter of principle we do not share your data with anyone. If and to the extent that we engage third parties in the course of fulfilling orders, we will only receive personal data to the extent necessary for the transmission of the corresponding service.
How Long We Store Your Data
If you write a comment, it will be saved including metadata for an unlimited time. This way we can automatically detect and release follow-up comments instead of keeping them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, change or delete their personal information at any time (the user name cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and change this information.
What Rights You Have to Your Data
If you have written comments, you can request an export of your personal data from us, including all data you have provided us with. In addition, you can request the deletion of all personal data that we have stored about you via contact form. This does not include data that we have to keep due to administrative, legal or security reasons.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments could be examined by an automated spam detection service.
We reserve the right to disclose personal information to governmental/supervisory authorities and, within the scope of this declaration, to analysis service providers. In doing so, we fully comply with applicable legislation and any court or official requirements.
Your Contact Information
Any user who is affected by the processing of personal data can revoke his or her consent to this at any time. In this case, the revocation has to be sent to Angela Lötscher via contact form.
Further Informationen
How we protect your data
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as contact requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Which Measures We Offer in Case of Data Protection Violations
If you have written to us via a contact form or commented on something, you can request an export of your personal data from us, including all the data you have given us. In addition, you can request the deletion of all personal data that we have stored about you via contact form. This does not include data that we are required to keep due to administrative, legal or security reasons.
In the event of violations of data protection laws, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority. In Switzerland, the competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). All relevant and valid information plus sample letters, etc. are available on https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/datenschutz.html.
Modifications
This privacy policy can be adapted at any time, the version published on the website applies. Changes come into force with their publication.
Last Update: 31 October 2020