Privacy policy
Version of 21/11/2024
In this privacy policy, we, the Gosteli Archive, explain how we collect and process personal data when you use our website. This is not an exhaustive description; further data protection declarations or general terms and conditions, conditions of participation and similar documents may regulate specific circumstances when using our website. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable person.
This privacy policy is designed to meet the requirements of the applicable federal data protection regulations and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Whether and to what extent these laws and regulations are applicable depends on the individual case.
1. 1st principle
Your privacy is important to us and we will treat your data confidentially in accordance with the laws in force and this data protection declaration. In principle, it is possible to use this website without providing any personal data. If you send personal information to the Gosteli Foundation online (e.g. by means of a contact form), the personal data will only be collected for the purpose for which it was collected.
2. Use of privacy-friendly technologies
Cookies:
On this website, we generally use ‘cookies’ and similar techniques that identify your browser or device. A cookie is a small file sent to or automatically stored on your computer or mobile device by the web browser you use when you visit our website. It enables us to recognise you when you return to the site, even if we do not know who you are. In addition to cookies that are only used during a session and are deleted after your visit to the website (‘session cookies’), cookies can also be used to store user preferences and other information for a specific period of time (e.g. two years) (‘permanent cookies’). However, you can configure your browser to refuse cookies, to store them only for a session or to delete them prematurely. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies.
Web analysis services:
We use the GDPR-compliant and cookie-free web analysis component Plausible.io for web analysis. Details can be found in Plausible.io's privacy policy, which can be viewed at https://plausible.io/privacy.
Social media plug-ins:
Plug-ins from social networks such as Facebook, Linkedin, Youtube or Instagram may be used on this website. This is always visible to you (typically via corresponding symbols). We have configured these elements so that they are deactivated by default. If you activate them (by clicking on them), the operators of the social networks concerned may record that you are on our website and they may use this information for their own purposes. Your personal data will then be processed under the responsibility of that operator, in accordance with their data protection provisions. We do not receive any information about you from them.
3. Retention period for personal data
When you access our website, in principle no personal data is collected and stored, with the exception of the cookies mentioned above and the facts mentioned below.
In addition, we process and store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations or to achieve the purposes pursued by the processing, i.e., for example, for the entire duration of the business relationship (from the initiation, course and end of a contract) and beyond, in accordance with legal retention and documentation obligations. In this context, personal data may be retained for as long as it is possible to assert claims against the Gosteli Foundation and insofar as we are otherwise obliged to do so by law or if legitimate business interests so require (e.g. for purposes of evidence and documentation). As soon as your personal data is no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes, it will, as a matter of principle and as far as possible, be deleted or made anonymous.
4. Data security
We take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access and misuse, such as the adoption of guidelines, IT and network security solutions or access controls and restrictions.
Concerning web forms in particular:
The data you enter using forms on our website is sent to us in the form of e-mails. These e-mails are not encrypted and are therefore not suitable for transmitting confidential information.
5. Contact person
If you have any questions about data protection on the Gosteli-Archives website, please contact us:
Gosteli Archive
History of women's movements in Switzerland
Altikofenstrasse 186
CH-3048 Worblaufen
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