Privacy policy
Introduction
We respect your privacy. This means that we undertake to treat the information provided on the GIN Joint Information Platform carefully and responsibly at all times, in compliance with the relevant data protection provisions and on the basis of this privacy policy.
In principle, the legal provisions governing the use of the websites of the Swiss Federal Administration apply to the GIN Joint Information Platform. These can be found here: https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/rechtliches.html. The content is subject in particular to Swiss data protection law and any applicable foreign data protection law, such as that of the European Union (EU GDPR).
Responsible body
Responsible for the processing of personal data is:
Federal Office for the Environment
Mühlestrasse 2
3063 Ittigen
Switzerland
info@gin.admin.ch
For requests relating to the protection of your personal data, you can contact the aforementioned body in writing or by e-mail.
Personal data
“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes all inventory data such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, IP address, which you provide to us. This does not include statistical data or anonymized data that cannot be directly linked to your person.
A “data subject” is a natural person whose personal data is processed; “processing” means any handling of personal data, such as the assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number or location data.
Legal bases and purposes of data collection/processing
We collect, process and store your personal data as part of the execution of legal tasks and to fulfill any contractual obligations. In addition to the aforementioned legal bases for data processing, we also process data on the basis of overriding interests on our part. In particular, we pursue economic and legal interests. Our overriding interest lies in particular in the optimization of our online offering and our website. This data is collected and processed for the purpose of ensuring the use of our website (connection establishment), guaranteeing system security and stability in the long term and enabling the optimization of our website as well as for internal statistical purposes. The IP address and country are only evaluated in the event of attacks on the website's network infrastructure and for statistical purposes.
Contact
If you have questions of any kind, you can contact us via an e-mail address. A valid e-mail address and contact details (e.g. surname, first name) are required so that we know who sent the request. You can provide further information voluntarily. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is based on your voluntary consent.
Disclosure
We only disclose your personal data if there is a legal obligation to do so, if you have expressly consented to this or if this is necessary to enforce our rights, in particular to enforce claims arising from any contractual relationship. In addition, we will only pass on your data to third parties if this is necessary for the execution of the contract. For this purpose, we pass on the necessary data to other federal offices, printing companies responsible for dispatch or other service providers. These service providers use your data exclusively for order processing and not for any other purposes. It is ensured that these service providers treat your data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable legal provisions and that your data is only used for the purpose of the respective service.
We are also entitled to pass on your data to external service providers to protect our economic, legal and non-material interests (e.g. for marketing purposes or to improve our online offering). We use the services of the companies listed below in connection with software tools. The data collected in connection with the use of these software tools may be transferred to servers in the countries listed below: (Switzerland) (USA).
More detailed information on the data collected and passed on can be found at:
Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Duration of storage
We store your personal data for as long as is necessary or appropriate to comply with the relevant legal provisions or for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. As far as possible, we anonymize or delete your personal data as soon as it is no longer required, or at the latest after expiry of the maximum retention period prescribed by law.
You can request the deletion of your personal data yourself at any time by sending us a corresponding request to the address stated in section 2. We will comply with your request immediately, unless we are obliged to retain your data for other reasons (e.g. statutory retention obligations).
Rights of the data subject
Information
Upon written request, we will provide you at any time with information about what personal data is stored about you when you visit our website.
Rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, right to object
You have the option of having us rectify, block or erase your personal data that is stored when you visit our website. You can also object to the disclosure of certain personal data. Data that we require to complete outstanding tasks or to enforce existing rights and claims, as well as data that we are required to retain by law, are exempt from erasure.
Data disclosure and transfer
Upon written request, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that is stored when you visit our website in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (e.g. PDF file). You also have the right to request that we return the data that you provided to us when you visited our website.
Right of revocation
If you have given us your consent to the collection, storage and use etc. of personal data in the context of using our website or utilizing our services, you can revoke this consent at any time. You can send your revocation by e-mail or in writing to the office named in section 2. The effects of the revocation are limited to the storage and use of personal data that may not already be stored and used without your consent due to legal permissions. The revocation also has no effect on the previous processing operations that were carried out on the basis of the consent.
Supervisory authority
The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home.html) acts as the supervisory authority in data protection matters.
Assertion of these rights
To assert your rights, please contact the contact details provided in section 2, providing proof of your identity (copy of ID, passport or other official identification document). Please note that your rights are restricted insofar as this is provided for by law or is necessary due to overriding public or private interests. For example, the right to data portability does not apply in particular to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
Data of children
As far as we are aware, we collect, process and use personal data of children only with the consent of their legal representative. Persons under the age of 16 must obtain the permission of their legal representative before providing us with personal data. Accordingly, the use of our website by persons under the age of 16 requires the consent of their parents.
Liability for links
We have no influence whatsoever on the current and future design and content of the linked/referenced pages. This statement applies to all links and references on our own website. Liability for illegal, incorrect or incomplete content and in particular for damages resulting from the use or non-use of such information lies solely with the provider of the linked page and not with the party who merely refers to the respective publication via links. We exclude any liability to the extent permitted by law.
Data security
We use SSL or TLS encryption for our website for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Amendments
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time.The current version published on our website shall apply.If you are directly affected by a change to the privacy policy (for example, if you use a newsletter service), we will inform you of such a change in an appropriate form. The privacy policy does not establish any contractual or other formal legal relationship with or on behalf of a party.