This is an English translation provided for your convenience. The German version is legally binding.
General
Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection legislation (Data Protection Act, DPA), everyone has the right to the protection of their privacy and to protection against the misuse of their personal data. We comply with these provisions. Personal data is treated as strictly confidential and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties.
In close cooperation with our hosting providers, we make every effort to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or falsification.
When accessing our websites, the following data is stored in log files:
- IP address, date, time,
- browser request and general information transmitted about the operating system or browser.
This usage data forms the basis for statistical, anonymous evaluations, so that trends can be identified that allow us to improve our services accordingly.
Cookies
This website partly uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- browser type and browser version, operating system used
- Referrer URL
- host name of the accessing computer
- time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of concrete evidence of unlawful use.
Contact Form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
Matomo (formerly Piwik)
This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo. Matomo uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymised before storage.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on to third parties. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. If you do not agree to the storage and use of your data, you can disable storage and use here.
In this case, an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, this also means that the Matomo opt-out cookie will be deleted. The opt-out must be reactivated when you visit our site again.
Privacy Policy ffor the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)
Plugins of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognise the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like button” on our page. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our page with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like button” while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. You can find further information on this in Facebook's privacy policy at www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.
Privacy policy for the use of Twitter
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In doing so, data such as IP address, browser type, accessed domains, visited pages, mobile network provider, device and application IDs and search terms are transmitted to Twitter, among other things.
We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Due to the ongoing updating of Twitter's privacy policy, we refer to the latest version at (www.twitter.com/privacy).
You can change your privacy settings at Twitter in the account settings at www.twitter.com/account/settings. If you have any questions, please contact this email address: privacy@twitter.com.
Privacy policy for the use of Google Maps
On our contact page we use Google's map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have no influence on this data transfer. Google Maps is used in the interest of an appealing presentation and easy findability of our company location.
SSL Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the enquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Deletion, Blocking
You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing, as well as a right to rectification, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at privacy@mit.swiss.
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