Data protection agreement

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Swiss Hepatitis C Association
Mäderenweg 17
8154 Oberglatt

Email: info@hepc,ch

Telephone: 077 468 22 49 français/deutsch/english

The controller alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).

Our offer is subject to Swiss data protection law as well as applicable foreign data protection law such as that of the European Union (EU) with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EU recognises that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party. This is provided in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Right to information, rectification, blocking, deletion

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, its recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, the right to correct, block or delete this data. In this regard and also for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time via the contact options listed in the imprint.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You recognise an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.

Registration on this website

To use certain functions, you may register on our website. The data transmitted is used exclusively for the purpose of using the respective offer or service. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will refuse registration.

In the event of important changes, for example for technical reasons, we will inform you by e-mail. The e-mail will be sent to the address given at the time of registration.

The processing of the data entered during the registration takes place on the basis of your consent (GDPR). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

We store the data collected during registration for the period that you are registered on our website. Your data will be deleted if you cancel your registration. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Contact form

Data transmitted via the contact form will be stored, including your contact details, in order to be able to process your enquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. These data will not be passed on without your consent.

The data entered in the contact form is processed solely on the basis of your consent (GDPR). You can revoke your already given consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or there is no longer any need for data storage. Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Storage time of posts and comments

Contributions and comments as well as related data, such as IP addresses, are stored. Content remains on our website until it has been deleted in its entirety or has had to be deleted for legal reasons.

The storage of the contributions and comments takes place on the basis of your consent (GDPR). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation.
The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Newsletter data

In order to send our newsletter, we need an e-mail address from you. A verification of the e-mail address provided is necessary and the receipt of the newsletter must be consented to. Supplementary data is not collected or is voluntary.
The data is used exclusively for the purpose of sending the newsletter.

The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be processed solely on the basis of your consent (GDPR). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time.
Notification by e-mail or you unsubscribe via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted in the event of unsubscription. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When a page with an integrated YouTube plugin is accessed, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. YouTube learns which of our pages you have accessed.

YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile if you are logged in to your YouTube account. By logging out beforehand, you have the option to prevent this.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR.

Details on how to handle user data can be found in the YouTube privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser saves on your device. Cookies help us to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Some cookies are ‘session cookies’. Such cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your browser session. Other cookies, however, remain on your device until you delete them yourself.
to recognise our website.

A modern web browser allows you to monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the application is closed. Disabling cookies
may result in limited functionality of our website.

The setting of cookies, which are necessary for the exercise of electronic communication processes or the provision of certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping cart), is carried out on the basis of the GDPR.
We have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies are set (e.g. for analysis functions), they will be used in this website.
Privacy policy dealt with separately.

Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of the web analysis service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses “cookies.” These are small text files that your web browser saves on your device and enable website usage to be analysed. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website
are transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is usually the USA.

Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of the GDPR. As the operator of this website, we   have a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise our website and, if necessary, advertising.

IP anonymisation

We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymisation feature. It ensures that Google keeps your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
There may be exceptional cases in which Google transmits the full IP address to a server in the USA and abbreviates it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to create reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
IP address with other data held by Google.

Browser Plugin

The setting of cookies by your web browser is preventable. However, some functions of our website may be restricted. You may also be able to collect data about your use of the website, including your IP address and
This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plug-in, which can be accessed via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to data collection

You can refuse the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics.

Details on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Processing of orders

In order to fully comply with the statutory data protection requirements, we have concluded an order processing contract with Google.

Demographics at Google Analytics

Our website uses the Google Analytics demographic feature to generate reports that include information on the age, gender and interests of visitors to the site.
Google and third-party visitor data. It is not possible to assign the data to a specific person. You can disable this feature at any time. You can do so via the ad settings in your Google account, or
by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the section “Objection to data collection”.

PayPal

Our website allows payment via PayPal. The provider of the payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.

If you pay with PayPal, the payment details entered by you will be transmitted to PayPal.

The transmission of your data to PayPal takes place on the basis of the GDPR. A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time.
Data processing operations in the past remain valid in the event of a revocation.

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

Our website uses Google AdWords. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.

AdWords is an online advertising programme. As part of the online advertising programme, we work with conversion tracking. After clicking on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files.
Google AdWords cookies cease to be valid after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. Google and we can recognise by the cookie that you clicked on an ad
and have been redirected to our website.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies are not traceable via AdWords customer websites. Conversion cookies are used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who use conversion tracking. AdWords customers
find out how many users clicked on their ad and were redirected to pages with a conversion tracking tag. However, AdWords customers do not receive any information that allows them to be personally identified.
If you wish to participate in the tracking, you may object to the use. Here, the conversion cookie must be deactivated in the user settings of the browser. This means that no inclusion in the conversion tracking statistics takes place.

The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on the GDPR. As a website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise our website and advertising.

For details on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, see Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

A modern web browser allows you to monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.