-- End User License Agreement (EULA): see below the Terms of Use --
These Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) are effective as of December 2020. By accessing or using the Community Website (the “Service”), or by logging into the site with your allocated User ID, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. The Service is owned and operated by the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (SwissCommunity), acting by and through SwissCommunity.
Please review these Terms of Use carefully prior to using the Service. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, please do not use the Service.
The Service comprises a suite of online services provided by SwissCommunity, including but not limited to:
- an online SwissCommunity member directory ("Community Directory")
- the Community Messaging Service class emailer,
- a User-to-User Community Messaging service, and
These Terms of Use govern your use of each component of the Service.
(a) The Service and any data, text, files, information, usernames, images, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, sounds, works of authorship, applications, links, and other content or materials (collectively, the “Service Content”) are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. As between you and SwissCommunity, SwissCommunity owns the intellectual property rights in the Service and the Service Content. You may use the Service and the Service Content only in the manner and for the purposes specified in these Terms of Use. Except as specifically permitted by these Terms of Use, you may not modify, transmit, produce, distribute, display, sell, license, broadcast, or otherwise make available in any form or by any means any part of the Service or the Service Content without the express written permission of SwissCommunity.
(b) You retain ownership of all of your intellectual property rights in any content created, posted, or shared by you, on or through the Service and any personal data, (the “User Content”). SwissCommunity does not claim ownership of your User Content.
(c) You represent and warrant that: (i) you own your User Content; (ii) the posting and use of your User Content on or through the Service will not violate, misappropriate or infringe on the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights; (iii) you shall pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owed by reason of your User Content; and (iv) you have the legal right and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use in your jurisdiction.
(a) You affirm that you are at least 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully competent, to use the Service and to enter into and comply with these Terms of Use. The Service is not intended for people under the age of 15.
(b) You may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, untruthful, fake, infringing, hateful, disturbing, pornographic, or sexually suggestive photos or other content via the Service.
(c) You may not defame, stalk, bully, abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate people or entities and you must not post private or confidential information via the Service, including, without limitation, your or any other person's credit card information, social security or alternate national identity numbers, non-public phone numbers or non-public email addresses.
(d) You may not use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You agree to comply with all laws, rules and regulations (for example, federal, state, local and provincial) applicable to your use of the Service and your User Content, including but not limited to, copyright laws.
(e) You must not interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, including by transmitting any worms, viruses, spyware, malware or any other code of a destructive or disruptive nature.
(f) You must not create accounts with the Service through unauthorized means, including but not limited to, by using an automated device, script, bot, spider, crawler or scraper. Each member shall only register once and set up only one profile.
(g) You must not attempt to restrict another user from using or enjoying the Service and you must not encourage or facilitate violations of these Terms of Use.
(h) You may only make non-commercial uses of the Service and Service Content. Use of Service or the Service Content for any commercial, public or political purpose is strictly prohibited. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to: (1) activities that are illegal or fraudulent; (2) use that inaccurately implies endorsement, approval, or sponsorship by SwissCommunity (or any individual officer or employee of SwissCommunity); (3) use that can be confused with official communications of SwissCommunity or its officers or employees; and (4) print or electronic mass mailings (sometimes known as "spamming"), solicitations for commercial services.
(i) Certain areas of the Service provide tools for the exchange of ideas and information between users, including in the form of direct messaging. SwissCommunity is not responsible or liable for any content, including User Content, that is posted or distributed pursuant to such user to user exchanges. The views and opinions expressed by users are theirs alone, and are not endorsed by, and should not be ascribed to SwissCommunity. You are solely responsible for all User Content you post, and you assume all risks relating to its use by others and others’ reliance on its accuracy.
(j) You acknowledge and agree that SwissCommunity has no obligation to display, monitor, or take any action with respect to Service Content or User Content. SwissCommunity reserves the right, without the obligation, to edit the Service and to edit, remove, delete or refuse any User Content for any reason without notice to users. If User Content violates the above standards or any other provision of these Terms of Use, SwissCommunity reserves the right to terminate the applicable user’s account and right to use the Service, in addition to any other rights or remedies available. SwissCommunity does not approve or endorse any User Content, and you agree that SwissCommunity will have no responsibility or liability in connection with your use of any User Content.
(a) SwissCommunity agrees to use your User Content in compliance with the privacy policy of the Service, together with any Service-specific data use policies, privacy statements and privacy notices (collectively, “Privacy Policies”).
(b) SwissCommunity will treat your User Content as confidential information in accordance with SwissCommunity policies, and only use and disclose it in accordance with these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policies.
(a) THIS SERVICE AND ALL ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
SWISSCOMMUNITY DOES NOT APPROVE OR ENDORSE ANY USER CONTENT.
SWISSCOMMUNITY IS NOT LIABLE TO USERS OR VISITORS FOR ANY DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE, SERVICE CONTENT, OR USER CONTENT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SwissCommunity HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.
(b) You agree to indemnify and hold harmless SwissCommunity and its officers, fellows, governing board members, directors, employees and agents, from and against all claims, actions, suits, damages, liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees) arising from or relating to your use of the Service or any of the Service Content or your User Content, and/or your failure to comply any provision of these Terms of Use.
(a) You agree to provide accurate and complete information when creating or updating your account. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your user account, and you must keep your account password secure. You agree to notify us immediately at [email protected] of any unauthorized use of your account or other breach of security. You may not use another’s account without permission. SwissCommunity may terminate your account if you violate any provision of these Terms of Use or fail to comply with requests concerning your account. User accounts may not be shared, transferred, or sold to other parties, nor are they to be used by or made available to any person or entity except the registered user.
(b) The rights granted to you hereunder will terminate automatically upon any breach by you of these Terms of Use, unless SwissCommunity otherwise specifically agrees in writing, but the other provisions of these Terms of Use will survive any such termination. SwissCommunity reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to cease providing any Service Content, to change or discontinue any aspect or element of the Service, or to cease making the Service available.
(a) Links to Other Services. SwissCommunity may provide links to websites operated by third parties, including but not limited to, websites operated by SwissCommunity, as a convenience for our users. SwissCommunity does not endorse or accept responsibility for the content or the use of third-party websites. If you use third-party sites, you do so solely at your own risk. Links do not imply that SwissCommunity is affiliated or associated with any linked site.
(b) Use of SwissCommunity Names. Except as specifically permitted by these Terms of Use, you may not use or register any name, logo or insignia of SwissCommunity or subdivisions for any purpose except with our prior written approval and in accordance with any restrictions required by SwissCommunity.
(c) Governing Law. These Terms of Use, and any claim or dispute that arises from or relates to your use of the Service, will be governed by the laws of Switzerland without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. You agree that all such claims and disputes will be heard and resolved exclusively in courts sitting in Switzerland. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts over you for this purpose, and waive and agree not to assert any objection to such proceedings in such courts (including any defence or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue or inconvenience of forum).
(d) Change of Terms of Use. Please note that these Terms of Use are subject to change without notice from time to time. Any changes will be posted to this page. Your use of this Service or any Service Content after any changes have been made will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of Use.
(e) Severability; Entire Agreement. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision, to the extent unenforceable, shall be struck, and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. Your rights under these Terms of Use are personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define or limit the scope or extent of any provision of these Terms of Use. SwissCommunity ’s failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Use, nothing herein shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits. These Terms of Use set forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and SwissCommunity with respect to the subject matter hereof.
This End User License Agreement (“Agreement”) is between you and SwissCommunity and governs use of this app made available through the Apple App Store. By installing the SwissCommunity App, you agree to be bound by this Agreement and understand that there is no tolerance for objectionable content. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you are not entitled to use the SwissCommunity App.
In order to ensure SwissCommunity provides the best experience possible for everyone, we strongly enforce a no tolerance policy for objectionable content. If you see inappropriate content, please use the “Report as offensive” feature found under each post.
This Agreement is between you and SwissCommunity only, and not Apple, Inc. (“Apple”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge that Apple and its subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and Apple has the right to enforce this Agreement against you. SwissCommunity, not Apple, is solely responsible for the SwissCommunity App and its content.
SwissCommunity may collect and use information about your usage of the SwissCommunity App, including certain types of information from and about your device. SwissCommunity may use this information, as long as it is in a form that does not personally identify you, to measure the use and performance of the SwissCommunity App.
SwissCommunity grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the SwissCommunity App for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You may only use the SwissCommunity App on Apple devices that you own or control and as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service.
By using the SwissCommunity App, you represent and warrant that (a) you are 18 years of age or older and you agree to be bound by this Agreement; (b) if you are under 18 years of age, you have obtained verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian; and (c) your use of the SwissCommunity App does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your access to the SwissCommunity App may be terminated without warning if SwissCommunity believes, in its sole discretion, that you are under the age of 18 years and have not obtained verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian. If you are a parent or legal guardian and you provide your consent to your child’s use of the SwissCommunity App, you agree to be bound by this Agreement in respect to your child’s use of the SwissCommunity App.
Content may be submitted to SwissCommunity, who will moderate all content and ultimately decide whether or not to post a submission to the extent such content includes, is in conjunction with, or alongside any, Objectionable Content. Objectionable Content includes, but is not limited to: (i) sexually explicit materials; (ii) obscene, defamatory, libellous, untruthful, fake, slanderous, violent and/or unlawful content or profanity; (iii) content that infringes upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary right, or that is deceptive or fraudulent; (iv) content that promotes the use or sale of illegal or regulated substances, tobacco products, ammunition and/or firearms; and (v) gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo or poker.
SwissCommunity disclaims all warranties about the SwissCommunity App to the fullest extent permitted by law. To the extent any warranty exists under law that cannot be disclaimed, SwissCommunity, not Apple, shall be solely responsible for such warranty.
SwissCommunity does provide minimal maintenance or support for it but not to the extent that any maintenance or support is required by applicable law, SwissCommunity, not Apple, shall be obligated to furnish any such maintenance or support.
SwissCommunity, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you relating to the SwissCommunity App or use of it, including, but not limited to: (i) any product liability claim; (ii) any claim that the SwissCommunity App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) any claim arising under consumer protection or similar legislation. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed an admission that you may have such claims.
SwissCommunity shall not be obligated to indemnify or defend you with respect to any third party claim arising out or relating to the SwissCommunity App. To the extent SwissCommunity is required to provide indemnification by applicable law, SwissCommunity, not Apple, shall be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any claim that the SwissCommunity App or your use of it infringes any third party intellectual property right.
This Privacy Policy is edited by the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, a foundation having its registered office at Alpenstrasse 26 in 3006 Bern, Switzerland, and registered with the Bernese Trade and Company Register under the number CHE-106.253.528 (hereafter, the “Company”).
The Company offers a platform for Swiss citizens living outside of Switzerland (hereafter, the “Platform”) to its users which have subscribed on the Platform and as such have a user account (hereafter, the “Users”). The Platform is available at the following url address: https://members.swisscommunity.org
The Company uses a solution called “Hivebrite”, which enables the import and export of user lists and data, the management of content and events, the organization of emailing campaigns and opportunity research and sharing as well as the management of funds and contributions of any kind.
In this regard, as data controller, the Company is particularly aware and sensitive with regard to the respect of its Users privacy and personal data protection. The Company commits to ensure the compliance of the processing it carries out as data controller in accordance with the applicable provisions of the “Loi n°78-17 dated January 6, 1978, relative à l’informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés” and the EU Regulation EU 2016/679 regarding data protection dated April 27, 2016.
In order to do so, the Company has put in place an appropriate privacy policy which guarantees an optimal level of protection of its Users’ data.
This privacy policy is intended for the Users of the Platform of the Company.
1.1 When subscribing on the Platform
When subscribing on the Platform, the User is informed that its following personal data is collected:
- Name(s);
- Gender;
- Date of birth;
- Citizenship(s);
- Language(s);
- Location;
- E-Mail address;
- Social media profiles;
- Reason to become a SwissCommunity member;
- Status to exercise political rights in Switzerland;
- Hobbies and interests;
- Information regarding university education and professional experience.
The User commits to only provide accurate, exhaustive, and regularly updated data regarding its identity, its content and any information in general. Under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for any data that is illegal contrary to public order provisions.
In the event the User does not consent to the collection of the above-mentioned date, they shall be informed that they cannot have access to the Platform.
1.2 During the use of the Platform
The User may validly publish, at its own initiative, any content on the Platform which shall be kept by the Company:
- Forum and Live Feed posts which include photos/images, videos, file attachments, and links to external websites;
- Trips;
- Events;
- Live location.
The User commits not to publish any content which contains, including but not limited to, any remarks/images/pictures, contrary to application legislation and regulations, to public order and good morals, or affecting the rights of third parties, including but not limited to:
- Identity fraud of a third person;
- Remarks/publish pictures or images that are violent, defamatory, offensive, malicious, obscene, inciting to discrimination or hatred, racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, condoning or approving war crimes, inciting to committing a crime, offense, act of terrorism, or contrary to the security of minors;
- Counterfeiting the intellectual property rights of a third person;
- Commercial canvassing or elements that could be qualified as unfair competition.
In any event, Hivebrite shall not be liable for the content, accuracy, or up-to-date state of the information freely published by the User.
The User consents that, following the publication of the content, its information will become public on the Platform and that as such, same information will be published, modified, translated, reproduced in any form and accessible, saved and reproduced by other Users and the Company.
In most cases, Users post contents without previous moderation from the Company. The Company does not alter the content or information of the User, except under exceptional circumstances. The Company reserves its right to freely delete or amend the content or information of the User, without prejudice to the Users.
In the case of delivery of content on the Platform which is contravenes with the present privacy policy, applicable law or the rights of third parties, any person can inform the Company of the existence of such Content at the following address: [email protected]
The User is informed that the Company does not collect any particularly sensitive data within the meaning of applicable legislation and regulations.
1.3 Cookie data
The Company informs the User that Hivebrite, as well as its subcontractors, uses a tracking technology on its terminal such as cookies whenever the User navigates on the Platform.
A cookie is a message that, subject to the User settings, is sent to its terminal when the User navigates on a website. The aim is to collect data regarding the internet navigation of the User to send tailor-made services to its terminal (computer, mobile phone or tablet).
The cookies that are sent to the User’s terminal are detailed under Article 2 of the present privacy policy.
The purpose of the process of the data collected through the cookies and the settings of such processing is detailed under article 9 of the present privacy policy.
The Company and its subcontractors collect, process and host personal data that are freely transferred by the User when accessing the services proposed by the Platform.
COLLECTED DATA: When subscribing on the Platform:
- Name(s);
- Gender;
- Date of birth;
- Citizenship(s);
- Language(s);
- Location;
- E-Mail address;
- Social media profiles;
- Reason to become a SwissCommunity member;
- Status to exercise political rights in Switzerland;
- Hobbies and interests;
- Information regarding university education and professional experience.
PURPOSE OF THE PROCESS:
- Access to the Platform;
- Creation of a user account;
- Access for the User to all functionalities of the Platform, meaning: publishing posts, trips and live locations, and creating events in their name, and registering for events;
- Management of requests to access, amend, delete, limit and oppose.
COLLECTED DATA: When using the Platform:
- Forum and Live Feed posts which include photos/images, videos, file attachments, and links to external websites;
- Trips;
- Events;
- Live location;
- date and time of the aforementioned data.
PURPOSE OF THE PROCESS:
- The use and feeding of the Platform;
- Sending invitations for events organized by the Company or other Users, if the User has accepted to receive such invitations;
- Sending commercial offers from the Company or its partners if the User has accepted to receive such offers.
COLLECTED DATA: Cookies, trackers:
- Add to calendar;
- Keep active session;
- The user/admin ID;
- User first connection;
- Stripe #1, #2;
- Paypal, 13 cookies;
- Identify the user session;
- Admin ID;
- User search;
- Google analytics #1, #2, #3;
- Linkedin;
- Facebook;
- Twitter.
PURPOSE OF THE PROCESS:
- Improve the quality of the services proposed by the Platform;
- Improve the usage functionalities of the Platform;
- Create statistics regarding the effective use of the Platform;
- Enable the User not to have to reconnect to the Platform for every new navigation on the Platform;
- Invite the User to events organized by the Platform;
- Create statistics regarding the different levels of activity on the Platform. The cookies cannot allow to identify the User;
- Enable the synchronization of the User’s LinkedIn profile;
- Manage banking transactions.
The Company only collects and processes the User’s personal data for the purpose for the optimal implementation and use of the Platform that is put at its disposal.
The Company informs the User that no personal data within the meaning of applicable legislation and regulations shall be collected without the prior explicit consent of the User.
The User expresses its consent upon its subscription on the Platform, and after having been able to consult the present privacy policy.
The Company and its subcontractors commit to a lawful and fair collection of the User’s data, in full transparency and in compliance with the rights conferred to the User pursuant to applicable legislation and regulations.
The Company informs the User that the data is retained only during the length of the User’s subscription on the Platform.
Following the termination of said subscription, the data collected upon the subscription as well as the content published by the User on the Platform shall be deleted after a period of one (1) year. Any statutory retention regulations shall remain expressly reserved.
The Company informs the User that it uses a payment service provider called Stripe which offers full guarantees of security.
You can consult SwissCommunity’s privacy policy by clicking on the following link: https://swisscommunity.org/en/footer/privacy-policy.
In accordance with application legislation, cookie data will be automatically deleted thirteen (13) months following their placing on the User’s terminal.
Finally, the data regarding the identification of the Users in case of exercise of their rights pursuant to Article 6 of the present privacy policy shall be retained for (i) one (1) year in case of exercise of their access or rectification rights and (ii) three (3) years in case of exercise of their opposition right.
As data controller and in accordance with applicable legislation and regulations, the Company commits to:
- Only collect the Users’ data for the strict purpose as described under article 2 of the present privacy policy;
- Keep a processing register;
- Put in place all necessary technical and organizational appropriate measures in order to ensure the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and the resilience of the process systems and services;
- Limit the access to the Users’ data to the persons duly authorized to this effect;
- Increase awareness and train staff members regarding the processing of personal data;
- Guarantee to the Users their rights regarding the access, portability, erasure, rectification and opposition in relation to the collection and processing of their data;
- Notify the competent supervisory authority of any security breach presenting a serious risk regarding the rights and liberties of the Users within 72 hours of the occurrence of such a breach;
- Proceed with the deletion of the Users’ data in the event of an absence of any contact with the Company for a period of three (3) years;
- Only subcontract the processing of the Users’ data to Hivebrite which, as subcontractor, has put all necessary technical and organizational measures in order to guarantee the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of the processing systems and services.
For any additional information on Hivebrite, you can consult the webpage available at the following address: www.hivebrite.com.
The User is duly informed that it disposes at any time, meaning prior to, during or following the processing of data, to a right to access, copy, rectify, oppose, port, limit and delete its data.
The User can exercise its rights by sending an email to the following address [email protected]unity.org or by mail at the following address provided that the User justifies its identity: Organisation of the Swiss Abroad – SwissCommunity, Alpenstrasse 26, 3006 Bern, Switzerland.
In addition, in the event the User considers that its rights have not been respected, the User of which the personal data is collected can file a reclamation before the competent supervisory authority. For any additional information, you can review your rights on the websites of the competent authorities.
The competent supervisory authorities are listed on the following website:
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
The personal data collected by the Company is hosted by the following service providers:
Host: Microsoft Azure Cloud
Host's privacy policy: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/TrustCenter/Privacy/gdpr/default.aspx
Nature of the hosting: Hosting of all data and content produced / provided by the User, as well as images, profile pictures and backups
Host: AmazonAWS
Host's privacy policy: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/gdpr-center/
Nature of the hosting: Hosting of all data and content produced / provided by the User, as well as images, profile pictures and backups
In case of breach of its systems, or theft, deletion, loss, alteration, disclosure, unauthorized access, or any other malicious act, the Company commits, in the event the said breach presents a serious risk regarding the rights and freedoms of the Users, to notify the Users, within a period of seventy two (72) hours as of the occurrence of the breach, of (i) the nature of the breach, (ii) the probable consequences of the malicious act, (iii) the appropriate measures proposed to remedy the malicious act.
The malicious act presenting a serious risk regarding the rights and freedoms of the Users shall be notified to the competent supervisory authority.
The User is duly informed that the Company shall not be liable in case of breach of IT security which can cause damages to computer equipment, as well as in case of breach or malicious act by a third party targeting the system or the Platform.
The User’s consent is requested through a banner at the bottom of the Platform homepage.
In case of consent, the User’s internet navigator shall automatically transmit to the Company the data collected and detailed under Article 1.2.
The User is informed that the cookies and trackers will be automatically deleted following a period of thirteen (13) months.
The User may at all times configure its navigator in order to prevent the creation of cookie files.
However, certain functionalities of the services proposed by the Platform may not function properly without cookies. In addition, even if most navigators are configured by default and accept the creation of cookie files, the User has the possibility to choose to accept the creation of all cookies other than the functional cookies or to systematically decline them or to choose the cookies it accepts depending on the issuer by configuring the following settings:
Internet Explorer:
- Click on the settings menu, followed by “Internet Options”;
- Under the “General” tab on the upper-left hand side, scroll down to “Browsing history”;
- Check the "Temporary Internet files and website files," "Cookies and website data," "History," and "Download History" boxes;
- Click on “Delete”;
- Close out of Internet Explorer and reopen it for changes to take effect.
Firefox:
- Click on your Tools bar;
- Click on “Preferences”;
- On the menu to the right, select "Privacy";
- Under the “history option”, there is a shortcut titled "clear your recent history", click on that;
- Select only the top four options and hit clear now.
Safari:
- Click on “Safari” in the top left corner of the finer bar;
- Click on “Preferences”;
- Click on the “Privacy” tab;
- Click on “Manage Website Data”;
- Click on “Remove All”;
- Click “Remove Now”.
Google Chrome:
- Click the Tools menu;
- Click on “More tools”;
- Clear browsing data;
- At the top, choose a time range.
- To delete everything, select “All time”;
- Next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files", check the boxes;
- Click on “Clear data”.
In order to configure the data settings, please find below the recommendations of the Company:
(1) Data collected for the following purposes:
(2) Settings:
(1) General data enabling the proper functioning of the Platform and the improvement of the services proposed by the Platform.
(2) Data that is essential for the provision of services by the Company, non-configurable.
(1) Data regarding the management of payment services proposed by the Platform, delinquencies and litigation.
(2) Data that is essential for the provision of services by the Company, non-configurable.
(1) Data enabling the creation of User files;
Mailing of commercial offers, advertisements or newsletters of the Company and/or its commercial partners if this has been accepted by the User.
(2) Management by the User in its login area;
Unsubscribing to newsletters / commercial offers by clicking on the appropriate link;
Request for deletion of the data base of the Company by writing to the following address and subject to providing a proof of identity:
Organisation of the Swiss Abroad – SwissCommunity
Alpenstrasse 26
3006 Bern
Switzerland
[email protected]
Representative in the EU in accordance with Art. 27 GDPR:
Collegamento svizzero in Italia
Via Palestro 2
Milano – 20121
Italy
[email protected]
(1) Compilation of statistics with the purpose of improving the functioning of the Platform notably by analysing the traffic of the Platform (modules which are more or less consulted, preferred routes, level of activity depending on the day of the week et hour of the day, etc.) and by adapting the Platform according to the needs and tastes of the Users (recognition of the User when it accesses the Platform).
(2) Clearance of cookie history in the navigator pursuant to the above instructions;
Using the “incognito mode” whilst navigating;
Request for deletion of the data base of the Company by writing to the following address and subject to providing a proof of identity:
Organisation of the Swiss Abroad – SwissCommunity
Alpenstrasse 26
3006 Bern
Switzerland
[email protected]
Representative in the EU in accordance with Art. 27 GDPR:
Collegamento svizzero in Italia
Via Palestro 2
Milano – 20121
Italy
[email protected]
Management of requests to access, rectify, delete, limit and oppose. Request for deletion of the data base of the Company by writing to the following address and subject to providing a proof of identity:
Organisation of the Swiss Abroad – SwissCommunity
Alpenstrasse 26
3006 Bern
Switzerland
[email protected]
Representative in the EU in accordance with Art. 27 GDPR:
Collegamento svizzero in Italia
Via Palestro 2
Milano – 20121
Italy
[email protected]
ARTICLE 10. PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS THE USERS’ DATA
The data of the Users are accessible only to the persons duly authorized to do so by the Company for administrative or maintenance purposes of the Platform to the exclusion of any commercial use, and if applicable, in order to enforce the rights exercised by the Users regarding their data (in particular the right to access, rectify, oppose, port and to be forgotten).
The Company informs the User that, outside of hosting and payment services, it uses the following subcontractor:
- The company KIT UNITED for its HIVEBRITE solution, a French société par actions simplifiée with a capital of 284.280,00 Euros, registered with the Paris Companies register under the number 75339171300017, having its registered office at 8, rue de la Grande Chaumière, 75008 – Paris.
Especially in light of any future developments of the applicable legislation and regulations, the Company reserves its right to proceed with any modification of its privacy policy and commits to duly inform you if any such modification occurs.
Date of privacy policy: 30 October 2020.
