Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://isomap.ch.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How we protect your data

What data breach procedures we have in place

What third parties we receive data from

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

It is provided in machine-readable format. If you require direct data transfer to another responsible person, it will only be done as far as it is technically feasible.

Right of Access, Rectification, Blocking, Erasure

Under the applicable legal provisions you have the right to receive information about your personal data stored, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, the right to correct, block or delete this data free of charge and at any time. In this regard and also in case of further questions concerning personal data, you can always contact us via the contacts listed in the Legal Notice.

TLS and/or SSL Encryption

For security reasons and for the protection of confidential contents sent by you as site operator, our website uses a SSL and/or TLS encryption. This way, the data you submit via this website, cannot be read by third parties. You will recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line of your browser and by the lock icon in the browser bar.

Server Log Files

Server log files are used by the website provider to automatically collect and store information that your browser automatically sends to us. It includes:

• Visited page on our domain
• Date and time of the server request
• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Accessing computer’s host name
• IP address

This data is never merged with other data sources. Data processing is carried out pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR that allows data processing for the performance of a contract or precontractual measures.

Contact form

Data submitted via the contact form will be stored, including your contact details, to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be disclosed without your consent.

The data entered into the contact form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR). It is possible to revoke your already given consent at any time. An informal email is sufficient for the revocation. The lawfulness of data processing operations carried out up to the point of the revocation remains unaffected after the revocation.

We will keep the data submitted via the contact until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storing it or you no longer need to back up your data. Mandatory legal provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

Cookies

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

Some cookies are “session cookies”. Such cookies will be deleted automatically after your browser session ends. On the other hand, other cookies remain on your destination device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us recognize you when you return to our website.

With the help of a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to delete cookies automatically upon exit. If you deactivate cookies, our website’s functionality may be limited.

The setting of cookies required for electronic communication processes or the provision of certain features you desire (for example, shopping cart), takes place pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. As this website’s operator, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to make the provision of our services technically flawless and smooth. If other cookies are set (e. g. for analysis functions), they are treated separately in this Privacy Statement.

Google Analytics

Our website uses the functions of Google Analytics, a web analytics service. The provider of the web analytics 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 that enable an analysis of website use. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is generally the USA.

Google Analytics cookies are set pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. As this website’s operator, we have a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize our website and perhaps advertising as well.

IP Anonymization

We use Google Analytics along with the IP anonymization feature. It ensures that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA. There may be exceptions when Google transmits the full IP address to a server in the United States and truncates it there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the cookies from being set by means of your web browser. However, some features of our website may be restricted. You can also prevent the data regarding your website use, including your IP address, from being collected and subsequently processed by Google. To do so, download and install the browser plug-in by following this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the link below. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data during future visits to our website: Deactivate Google Analytics.

You can find details regarding the handling of user information by Google Analytics in the privacy policy of Google: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order Processing

To fully comply with the legal data protection requirements, we have entered into an order processing agreement with Google.

Google Analytics Demographic Characteristics

Our website uses the “demographic characteristics” feature of Google Analytics. It can be used to generate reports with site visitors’ age, gender and interests. This data originates from Interest-based advertising by Google and from third-party visitor data. It is impossible to connect this data to any specific person. This feature can be disabled at any time. It can be done via display settings in your Google Account or by means of universal ban of your data collection by Google Analytics, as explained in the “Objection to Data Collection” section.

Google Web Fonts

Our website uses web fonts by Google. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

These web fonts make it possible to present to you our website of the desired look, regardless of which fonts are available to you locally. This is done by retrieving Google web fonts from a Google server in the USA and then by sharing your data with Google. This is your IP address and the page you visited. Google web fonts are used pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. As this website’s operator, we have a legitimate interest in our website’s optimal presentation and transmission.

The company Google is certified for the US/European privacy convention “Privacy Shield”. This Data Protection Convention is aimed at ensuring the compliance with the level of data protection in the EU.

You can find details regarding Google Web Fonts at: https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and other information in the privacy policy of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de

Source: Data Privacy Configurator by mein-datenschutzbeauftragter.de