Data Privacy Statement
PLATFORM-A is a non-profit association based in Switzerland. It does not pursue any commercial activities. PLATFORM-A takes the protection of your personal data seriously. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of the type of personal data that will be collected when you use our website platform-a.org, as well as how we will process, use, and protect such data. Use of the platform-a.org website is subject to the Privacy Policy set out below.
Provider of the website and data controller
This website is a service provided by PLATFORM-A association, 4056 Basel, Switzerland (hereinafter “PLATFORM-A” or “we”). Where relevant, PLATFORM-A is the data controller.
Contact
Please address any requests for information, inquiries, objections to the processing of your data, and any questions you may have to greta@platform-a.org
Collection and storage of personal data
As with every website, our server automatically collects the following information and temporarily saves it in server log files, which are transmitted by your browser – unless you have deactivated such function:
- the IP address of the computer transmitting the request
- the user’s file request
- the http response code
- the volume of data transmitted
- the website from which you access our website (referrer URL)
- the date and time of the server request
- the type, version and language of your browser
- the operating system on the computer transmitting the request
Our server log files are not evaluated based on personal use. At no time can the provider allocate this data to specific persons. This data is not combined with other data sources.
Purpose and legal basis of data processing
Data processing is carried out in particular to analyze the internet traffic on our Website and to improve the functionality of our Website. The processing of personal data is necessary to protect our legitimate interests.
When you provide us with personal data by email or via the contact form available on our website, this is voluntary. This data is used to process your inquiries for our own market or opinion. We delete the data that arises in this context after its storage is no longer required, or we limit processing if there are statutory retention requirements.
Usage Analysis by Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service offered by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter “Google”). Google Analytics uses text files called cookies, which are saved on your computer to facilitate analysis of your use of our website. The information collected by the cookies relates to your operating system, browser and IP address, the website you accessed previously (referrer URL), and the date and time of your visit to our website. The information generated by cookies regarding your use of this website is usually transmitted to and saved on a Google server in the United States. If and when IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will nevertheless truncate your IP address for transmission among member states of the European Union or to other member states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and then truncated there. At the request of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide the provider of the website with other services relating to website activity and Internet use. The IP address transmitted from your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.
You can object to Google’s collection of data generated by cookies relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as to its dissemination of the data. To do this, download and install the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly enhance the use of our website. The statistics derived through this allow us to improve our offerings and make them more interesting for you, the user. The legal basis for processing is to protect our legitimate interest.
Information regarding the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; terms of use, overview of data protection, as well as the privacy policy
Use of Youtube Plug-in
Plug-ins of www.youtube.com, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"), are integrated in our website. When you access pages of our website which contain such a plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers is established, whereby the plug-in is displayed on the website via message to your browser. In this way information as to which of our Web pages you have visited is transmitted to the YouTube server. YouTube is in principle responsible for the collection and processing of personal user data on YouTube. Please note that YouTube can collect and process certain data even if you do not have your own YouTube account. Further information on data processing by YouTube can be found in their privacy policy. It is conceivable that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by YouTube and Google based in the USA.
YouTube users can use their settings to influence the extent to which their user behavior may be recorded. You can object to the use for advertising purposes here: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. You can also prevent your information from being processed by means of the cookies used by YouTube and Google, by not allowing cookies from third-party providers or those from YouTube and Google in your own browser settings.
We do not pass on any personal data ourselves. The legal basis for processing is to protect our legitimate interest.
In this section, we would like to inform you about the collection, processing and use of your data via PLATFORM-A Instagram profile (https://www.instagram.com/platforma_association).
The Instagram profile is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc. (hereinafter “Facebook”).
Facebook is in principle responsible for the collection and processing of personal user data on Instagram. Please note that Facebook can collect and process certain data even if you do not have your own Instagram user account. Further information on data processing by Facebook can be found in their Privacy policy.
As the operator of the Instagram page, only the public information on your profile is visible to us. The scope of this information depends on your personal settings in your Instagram profile. If you contact us on a voluntary basis via a Fan Page (for example via the comment function), personal data can be processed by us for purposes of interaction and communication.
It is conceivable that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by Meta Platforms Inc. based in the USA.
We do not pass on any personal data ourselves. The personal data is processed by us on the basis of legal principles, since we have an overriding legitimate interest in interacting with you and enabling orderly interaction of the Fan Page community. In this context, we would like to point out that your contributions in the publicly accessible areas can be viewed by both Facebook users and third parties, and that we have no influence on how they use the information available to them.
Instagram users can use the settings for advertising preferences to influence the extent to which their user behavior may be recorded when visiting our Instagram page. The Facebook and Instagram settings or the form to exercise your right of objection offer further options. You can also prevent your information from being processed by means of the cookies used by Facebook, by not allowing cookies from third-party providers or those from Facebook in your own browser settings.
Your Rights
Subject to the fulfilment of the respective relevant legal requirements, you are entitled to the following rights
Information
Rectification
Deletion
Restriction of processing
Notification
Data portability
Furthermore, you have the right to object at any time to the processing based on your consent or our legitimate interests.
Please send your requests for information, objections to data processing and other inquiries to the email address greta@platform-a.org
Last Update: 10th June 2023