Dr.
Sofia J.
van Moorsel
Community
Ecologist

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

With this Privacy Policy we inform you which personal data we collect in connection with our activities including our sofiavanmoorsel.com website edit. In particular, we provide information as to why, how and where we process which personal data. We also provide information about the rights of people whose data we process.

Further data protection declarations and other legal documents such as General Terms and Conditions (GTC), Terms of Use or Conditions of Participation may apply to individual or additional activities.

1. Contact addresses

Responsibility for processing personal data:

Sofia van Moorsel
Stettbachstrasse 63
CH–8600 Dübendorf

sofia.vanmoorsel@geo.uzh.ch

We would like to point out if there are other persons responsible for the processing of personal data in individual cases.

2.1 Terms

Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. A data subject is a person about whom we process personal data.

Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, such as querying, comparing, adapting, archiving, storing , reading, announcing, procuring, recording, collecting, deleting, disclosing, ordering, organizing, saving, changing, disseminating, linking, destroying and using personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law, in particular the Federal Data Protection Act (Data Protection Act, DSG) and the Regulation on Data Protection (Data Protection Ordinance, DSV).

3. Type, scope and purpose

We process the personal data that is necessary in order to be able to carry out our activities and activities permanently, user-friendly, securely and reliably. Such personal data can in particular fall into the categories of inventory and contact data, browser and device data, content data, meta or edge data and usage data, location data, sales data as well as contract and payment data.

We process personal data for the duration that is required for the respective purpose or purposes or by law. Personal data that is no longer required to be processed will be made anonymous or deleted.

We can have personal data processed by third parties. We can process personal data together with third parties or transfer them to third parties. Such third parties are, in particular, specialized providers whose services we use. We also guarantee data protection for such third parties.

We only process personal data with the consent of the person concerned, unless the processing is permitted for other legal reasons. Processing without consent may be permissible, for example, to fulfill a contract with the data subject and for appropriate pre-contractual measures to protect our overriding legitimate interests because the processing is evident from the circumstances or after prior information.

In this context, we process in particular information that a person concerned voluntarily when contacting us - for example by letter post, e-mail, instant messaging, contact form, social media or telephone - or when registering for a user account sent to us. We can store such information, for example, in an address book or with comparable tools. If we receive data about other people, the transmitting people are obliged to ensure data protection for these people and to ensure the accuracy of this personal data.

We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, obtain from publicly accessible sources or collect in the performance of our activities and activities, provided and to the extent that such processing is permitted for legal reasons.

4. Personal data abroad

We process personal data on principle in Switzerland. However, we can also disclose or export personal data to other countries, in particular in order to process them there or have them processed.

We may transfer personal data to all states and territories on the planet and elsewhere in the universe, if the law there according to Resolution of the Swiss Federal Council ensures appropriate data protection.

We can disclose personal data in countries whose law does not guarantee adequate data protection, provided that suitable data protection is guaranteed for other reasons. Appropriate data protection can be guaranteed, for example, through appropriate contractual agreements, on the basis of standard data protection clauses or with other suitable guarantees. In exceptional cases, we can export personal data to countries without adequate or suitable data protection if the special data protection requirements are met, for example the express consent of the person concerned or a direct connection with the conclusion or execution of a contract. Upon request, we will be happy to provide affected persons with information about any guarantees or provide a copy of guarantees.

5. Rights of data subjects

5.1 Data protection claims

We grant data subjects all rights under applicable data protection law. Affected persons have the following rights in particular:

We may delay, limit or refuse to exercise data subject rights to the extent permitted by law. We can inform data subjects of any requirements that may have to be met in order to exercise their data protection claims. For example, we can refuse to provide information in whole or in part with reference to business secrets or the protection of other persons. For example, we can also refuse the deletion of personal data in whole or in part with reference to statutory retention requirements.

We may exceptionally charge for the exercise of rights. We inform the persons concerned in advance of any costs.

We are obliged to take appropriate measures to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights. Affected persons are obliged to cooperate.

5.2 Right to complain

Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims through legal channels or to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

The data protection supervisory authority for private persons responsible and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Public Information Officer (FDPIC).

6. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data security appropriate to the risk in question. However, we cannot guarantee absolute data security.

Access to our website takes place with els transport encryption (SSL / TLS, in particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated HTTPS). Most browsers mark transport encryption with a padlock in the address bar.

Our digital communication is subject - like basically all digital communication - to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion and other surveillance by security authorities in Switzerland, the rest of Europe, the United States of America (USA ) and in other states. We have no direct influence on the corresponding processing of personal data by secret services, police stations and other security authorities.

7. Use of the website

7.1 Cookies

We may use cookies. Cookies - our own cookies (first-party cookies) as well as cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) - are data that are stored in the browser. Such stored data need not be limited to traditional text-based cookies.

Cookies can be stored in the browser temporarily as "session cookies" or for a certain period of time as so-called permanent cookies. "Session cookies" are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies have a certain storage period. In particular, cookies make it possible to recognize a browser the next time you visit our website and thus, for example, to measure the range of our website. However, permanent cookies can also be used for online marketing, for example.

Cookies can be completely or partially deactivated or deleted in the browser settings at any time. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. We actively request - at least if and to the extent necessary - your express consent to the use of cookies.

7.2 Server log files

We can record the following information for each access to our website, provided that this is transmitted from your browser to our server infrastructure or can be determined by our web server: Date and time including time zone, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, individual sub-pages of our website accessed including amount of data transferred, website last accessed in the same browser window (referrer).

We store such information, which may also represent personal data, in server log files. The information is required in order to provide our website permanently, user-friendly and reliably and to be able to ensure data security and thus in particular the protection of personal data - also by third parties or with the help of third parties.

7.3 Tracking pixels

We may use web beacons on our website. Tracking pixels are also referred to as web beacons. Tracking pixels - also from third parties whose services we use - are small, usually invisible images that are automatically retrieved when you visit our website. The same information can be recorded with tracking pixels as in server log files.

8. social media

We are present on social media platforms and other online platforms in order to be able to communicate with interested persons and to be able to provide information about our activities and activities. In connection with such platforms, personal data can also be processed outside of Switzerland.

The general terms and conditions (GTC) and terms of use as well as data protection declarations and other provisions of the individual operators of such platforms also apply. These provisions provide information in particular about the rights of data subjects directly vis-à-vis the respective platform, including, for example, the right to information.

9. Third Party Services

We use the services of specialized third parties in order to be able to carry out our activities and activities in a durable, user-friendly, safe and reliable manner. Such services allow us, among other things, to embed features and content on our website. With such embedding, the services used record the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the users at least temporarily for technically compelling reasons.

For necessary security-related, statistical and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use can process data in connection with our activities in an aggregated, anonymous or pseudonymised manner. It is, for example, performance or usage ddata in order to be able to offer the respective service.

9.1 Digital infrastructure

We use the services of specialized third parties in order to be able to use the digital infrastructure required in connection with our activities and activities. These include, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers.

In particular, we use:

9.2 Fonts

We use third-party services to embed selected fonts, icons, logos and symbols on our website.

In particular, we use:

10. Final Provisions

We created this data protection declaration with the Datenschutz-Generator created by Datenschutzpartner. Translated by Google Translate.

We can adapt and supplement this data protection declaration at any time. We will inform you about such adjustments and additions in a suitable form, in particular by publishing the current data protection declaration on our website.