Collection, processing and use of your personal data
In principle, no personal data is collected, processed and/or used from you through the use of our online services. However, personal data is collected if you provide it to us of your own accord. In this case, we will also inform you of how your data will be used. We then process and use this data to the extent necessary to provide the relevant service.
On our website, we offer you the option of contacting us by email and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information provided by users is stored for the purpose of processing, including correspondence or feedback. The data is used exclusively by regiosuisse. The disclosure or sale of your data is not permitted. Accordingly, the data is not publicly accessible. The data collected in this way is not cross-referenced with data that may be collected by other components of our website. You may request at any time that your contact details be deleted from our database. To do so, please send an email to the following address: info@regiosuisse.ch.
We integrate various databases – our regiosuisse tools – into our website. regiosuisse is responsible for the management of these databases, including personal data, in collaboration with its clients: the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (WBF), represented by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE).
When you visit our website, we store the domain name or IP address of the requesting computer, the client’s file request (file name and URL), the HTTP response code, the website from which you are visiting us, and the date and duration of your visit. Your usage data is not analysed to create personalised usage profiles unless you have expressly consented to such use.
Newsletter
You can subscribe to our newsletter and event invitations via our website. To do so, we require your email address and your consent to receive the newsletter.
We use the rapidmail service provided by Positive Group Deutschland GmbH, based in D-79106 Freiburg i. Breisgau (Germany), to send out the newsletter and invitations to events. Your data will be forwarded to Positive Group Deutschland GmbH, which is permitted to use your data solely for the purpose of sending the newsletter. The disclosure or sale of your data is not permitted. You can find the privacy policy applicable to rapidmail at www.rapidmail.de/datenschutz.
You can cancel your subscription to the newsletter via our service at any time. You also have the option of notifying us of your wish to unsubscribe via our contact details. At your request, we will immediately delete your data relating to the sending of the newsletter.
Cookies
Our website uses what are known as cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device via your browser. They do not cause any harm. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. They enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit.
If you do not wish this to happen, you can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow them only on a case-by-case basis. Please note that disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of our website.
Third-party cookies
- Our website embeds videos from YouTube. This service, provided by Google Inc. YouTube (Google), uses cookies to collect information about how the service is used. You can find the privacy policy applicable to YouTube’s (Google’s) at www.policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.
- Our website integrates services from Odoo. This service, provided by Odoo SA, uses cookies to collect information about how the service is used. You can find the privacy policy applicable to Datawrapper at www.odoo.com/privacy.
- Our website integrates services from Datawrapper. This service, provided by Datawrapper GmbH, uses cookies to collect information about how the service is used. You can find the privacy policy applicable to Datawrapper’s at www.datawrapper.de/privacy.
- Our website integrates services from Mapbox. This service, provided by Mapbox Inc., uses cookies to collect information about how the service is used. You can find the privacy policy applicable to Mapbox at www.mapbox.com/legal/privacy.
- Our website integrates services from LinkedIn. This service, provided by LinkedIn Inc., uses cookies to collect information about how the service is used. You can find the privacy policy applicable to LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google beforehand within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data held by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that, in this case, you may not be able to make full use of all the features of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin.
