Imprint

Association Clinique Médicale Niger (VCMN)
Chilweg 18
8165 Oberweningen

LIABILITY NOTICE

Despite careful control of the content, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content.

PRIVACY POLICY

The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is

Association Clinique Médicale Niger (VCMN)
Chilweg 18
8165 Oberweningen

To contact us in writing by e-mail, please use our contact form.

The data protection principles set out in this privacy policy apply to the handling of data by the legal entities VCMN.

YOUR AFFECTED RIGHTS

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing,
  • Correction of incorrect personal data,
  • Deletion of your data stored by us,
  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations
  • Objection to the processing of your data by us and
  • Data portability, provided that you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us.

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can contact the supervisory authority responsible for you at any time with a complaint.

THE PROTECTION OF YOUR DATA IS IMPORTANT TO US.

It goes without saying that we handle your data responsibly and comply with data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Personal data is only collected on this website to the extent that is technically necessary. Under no circumstances will the data collected be sold or passed on to third parties for other reasons.

Below we provide you with an overview of how we guarantee this protection and what type of data is collected for what purpose.

PURPOSES OF DATA PROCESSING BY THE CONTROLLER AND THIRD PARTIES

We only process your personal data for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those stated. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your express consent,
  • the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you,
  • the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation,

the processing is necessary to safeguard legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data.

Third party service providers may process information, fulfill and deliver orders, process donations and credit card payments and assist on our behalf. Where such information is shared, agreements will limit the use of your information to the purpose for which it is provided and ensure that it is stored securely and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

DATA PROTECTION AT EVENTS / FUNCTIONS

Personal data / intended purpose

It is possible that you may be filmed or photographed at VCMN events. By attending, you expressly agree that you may be recorded or photographed and that such recordings/photos may be used for broadcasting on TV, on the internet or in other media.

DELETION OR BLOCKING OF DATA

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as provided for by the various storage periods stipulated by law. Once the respective purpose no longer applies or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

COLLECTION OF GENERAL INFORMATION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected by means of a cookie. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider and similar. This is exclusively information that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver the website content requested by you and is mandatory when using the Internet. It is processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
  • Ensuring the smooth use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability and
  • for other administrative purposes.

The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest from the aforementioned purposes for data collection. We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Recipients of the data are only the controller and, if applicable, processors.

Anonymous information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

COMMENT FUNCTION / PINBOARD

When users leave comments on our website or create entries on the pinboard, the time of their creation and the user name previously selected by the website visitor are stored in addition to this information. This is for our security, as we can be prosecuted for illegal content on our website, even if it was created by users.

CONTACT FORM

If you contact us with questions of any kind by e-mail or contact form, you give us your voluntary consent for the purpose of contacting you. This requires you to provide a valid e-mail address. This is used to assign the request and subsequently answer it. The provision of further data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions. Personal data will be automatically deleted after your inquiry has been dealt with.

USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc (hereinafter: Google). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

The purpose of the data processing is to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on activities on the website. Based on the use of the website and the Internet, further related services are then to be provided. The processing is based on the legitimate interest of the website operator.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Browser Add On to deactivate Google Analytics.

In addition or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by clicking on this link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

PLUGINS & TOOLS

GOOGLE MAPS

This website uses Google Maps API to display geographical information visually. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data about the use of the map functions by visitors. You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google privacy policy. You can also change your personal data protection settings there in the data protection center.

Detailed instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here.

YOUTUBE

We embed YouTube videos on some of our websites. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.

If you have deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google Ad program, you will not have to expect any such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you wish to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.

Further information on data protection at “Youtube” can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

SAFETY

VCMN takes technical and organizational security measures to protect all personal data as well as possible against accidental or unlawful deletion, alteration or loss and against unauthorized disclosure or access in cooperation with our hosting providers. However, VCMN accepts no liability for any damage that may occur in this context (e.g. loss of data).

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Disclaimer Websites

In no event shall VCMN be liable for any direct or indirect damages or consequential damages arising from the use of software, information and material from the VCMN websites.

VCMN does not guarantee that information, software, documents or other data accessible via the VCMN websites are free from viruses or other harmful components.

VCMN is not liable for the topicality, correctness, completeness and quality of the information provided.

Links to other websites

Our websites contain links to other websites. VCMN is not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of these other websites. In particular, VCMN has not reviewed these linked websites (i.e. not located on its servers or within its sphere of influence) and accepts no liability for their content, the products, services, software or other offers provided on them or for viruses that may be caught via these linked websites.

Downloads
All documents or files made available for download on our website are made available at your own risk.

CHANGE TO OUR DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONS

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

QUESTIONS TO THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

Your trust is important to us. We would therefore like to be able to answer your questions regarding the processing of your personal data at any time. If you have any questions that are not answered by this privacy policy or if you would like more detailed information on a specific point, please contact us by e-mail at:

info@vcmn.ch