Who we are

Sugge­sted text: Our website address is: https://sggn.ch.

Comments

Sugge­sted text: 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

Sugge­sted text: 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

Sugge­sted text: 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 visit our login page, 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

Sugge­sted text: 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.

Who we share your data with

Sugge­sted text: If you request a pass­word reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Sugge­sted text: 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

Sugge­sted text: 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 your data is sent

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