Privacy Policy
The Swiss Society for Educational Research takes data protection seriously. This Privacy Policy explains which data is necessary, how it is used, and how you can correct or change your information.
However, we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted over the internet, particularly when sent via email, as there is a risk of unauthorised access by third parties.
If any individual provisions or formulations of this disclaimer are or become invalid, the remaining provisions will remain unaffected in terms of their content and validity.
We believe that protecting your privacy is of the utmost importance. Therefore, complying with strict legal data protection regulations is second nature to us. We firmly believe that data protection begins with transparency. For this reason, our goal is to ensure that you always know which of your personal data we store, how we use it and how you can restrict or prevent its use.
What is personal data?
Personal data refers to all information relating to the personal and factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable individual. This includes details such as your name, address and phone number. This also includes your email address if it is linked to your name in such a way that you can be identified. Information that cannot be used to determine your identity is not included. This includes any details that are not connected to your name, such as your gender, age, or educational background.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Data
The Swiss Society for Educational Research is committed to protecting your privacy. We use your personal information solely within the Society and disclose it only to companies involved in fulfilling contracts with you or otherwise providing services. Otherwise, your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties unless you have expressly consented to such disclosure, or unless we are required to disclose it by law, for example pursuant to a court order or an order from a government authority.
Contacting Us
Should you contact us (for example, via email), we will store your information for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case any follow-up questions arise.
Newsletter
When you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your IP address and the date of your subscription. This information is stored solely for the purpose of providing evidence in the event that a third party misuses an email address and subscribes to the newsletter without the rightful owner’s knowledge. You may revoke your consent to the storage of your data and email address, as well as their use for sending the newsletter, at any time. You can revoke your consent by clicking a link in the newsletters themselves or by sending a message to the contact address listed in the legal notice.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies. Cookies are small text files that the web server stores in various locations in your computer's browser. These files can be used to identify you when you visit the website again. The cookies we use are safe and secure, and we can confirm that they do not contain any viruses. While you are using our website, we primarily store so-called session cookies on your computer's hard drive. These are relevant only for your visit to our website. These cookies are used exclusively for connection management and navigation, enabling you to browse our website in a user-friendly manner. For instance, they remember certain settings during the session and save you from having to re-enter information. Please note that session cookies are deleted when you close your browser session.
We also use persistent cookies, which allow us to recognise your browser on your next visit. Your browser provides the option to receive a warning message when a web server attempts to place a cookie on your computer. You have the option to accept or reject cookies. Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically. However, you have the option to disable the storage of cookies (for which you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page, click on «Cookie Settings» and adjust your preferences) or configure your browser to notify you when cookies are being sent. Should you choose to navigate away from our website, you have the option to delete cookies from your computer's hard drive at a later time. This could be useful, for example, if an Internet connection problem prevented them from being automatically deleted.
It is also possible to view our websites without cookies. If you prefer not to have your computer recognised, you can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by scrolling to the very bottom of this page, clicking on «Cookie Settings,» and adjusting your preferences. However, if you do not accept cookies, this may result in limited functionality of our services.
Fathom Analytics
This website uses Fathom Analytics, a web analytics service that respects your privacy and is provided by Fathom Analytics Inc. Fathom Analytics is a tool that enables us to track how our website is used. It provides detailed reports on the most frequently visited pages, as well as the devices and browsers used. This information will help us to make continuous improvements to our website and its content.
Fathom Analytics does not use cookies or similar tracking technologies for web analytics and does not create personal user profiles. Individual visitors are not recognised or tracked across different websites.
For technical reasons, information such as your IP address, your browser's user agent, and details about the page you visited and the referring website is transmitted to Fathom when you visit our website. The IP address and user agent are processed only temporarily. In order to determine statistically unique visits, Fathom generates pseudonymized hash values from this data. In order to ensure complete anonymity, keys that change daily are used in this process. The analytics available to us as the operators of this website are aggregated, meaning that we are unable to identify individual persons.
For visitors from Switzerland and the European Economic Area, Fathom uses its so-called «EU Isolation». This feature ensures that all relevant requests are processed via servers located within Europe, where the IP address is anonymised before further analytics data is processed.
For more detailed information about Fathom Analytics, please visit their website: https://usefathom.com
Access to Information, Right to Object, Questions
You may request information at any time, free of charge and without delay, regarding any data we may have stored about you or associated with a username assigned to you. We reserve the right to provide this information electronically. Furthermore, you are entitled to object to the continued use of your personal data at any time. We do not retain any modified or deleted information. In the event of a request for information or an objection, you are required to provide sufficient details to identify yourself and present valid proof that the information in question belongs to you. In such cases, or if you have any other questions regarding our data protection practices, please contact us (contact information can be found in the legal notice).
Right to Make Changes
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time in accordance with applicable laws.