Data protection is our top priority
As a matter of principle, your data transmitted via our online forms will be transmitted securely and encrypted to us. As a result, access by unauthorized third parties can be excluded. We use the SSL process to which our website has been certified by Host Europe. Information about our customers is important to us and helps us to optimize our offerings. We guarantee that we do not sell or rent any customer information. We only share information with our affiliates to the extent described below.
Responsible body
Swiss Doctors
Möhrlistrasse 124
CH-8006 Zürich
Personal data
If you support Swiss Doctors financially, you choose to provide us with personal data for this specific purpose.
Swiss Doctors complies with Swiss data protection laws. Your personal data (address information) will never be sold, rented or passed on to third parties for the purposes of third parties. As a matter of principle, we do not pass on any data to third parties or other organizations. However, we do ask for permission to use address information for additional fundraising appeals.
Swiss Doctors respects the wishes of donors who no longer wish to be contacted. Any donor can request to be removed from the mailing list by sending an email to info@swiss-doctors.org.
Provision and use of the website
When calling and using our website, we collect the personal data that your browser automatically transmits to our server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. When you use our website, we collect the following information that is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure its stability and safety:
- IP address of the requesting computer
- Date and time of request or access
- Time Zone Difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- Content of the request
- Name and URL of the retrieved file
- Access status / HTTP status code respectively transferred amount of data
- Website requesting or accessing (Referrer URL)
- used browser and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and its interface as well as the name of your access provider
- Language and version of the browser software
The processing of the aforementioned data is necessary for the provision of a website and thus serves to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company. The mentioned data for the display of the website are usually stored for 14 days. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is essential for the operation of the website. There is consequently no contradiction on the part of the user. Further storage may be made in individual cases if required by law.
Newsletter
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need your e-mail address and optionally your name. The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to ensure that the newsletter is sent with your consent. In the course of this, the potential recipient is added to a mailing list and receives a confirmation e-mail to confirm the registration. The address will only be actively included in the mailing list if it is confirmed. You can revoke your consent to the processing of your data for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
Using Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via a web browser. Many cookies contain a unique identifier called a cookie ID. It consists of a string of characters that can be used to assign websites and servers to the specific web browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the websites and servers visited to distinguish the data subject's browser from other web browsers that contain other cookies. A specific web browser can therefore be identified via the cookie ID. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
Using Google Analytics
Google Analytics utilises cookies to facilitate analysis of your website use. Your user data for the Website is generated by the cookie and thereafter generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google is certified by the Privacy Shield Framework, guaranteeing its compliance with European data protection laws (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=active).
Google will use these data in accordance with our instructions to evaluate how our online services are being used, to compile reports about activities within the online services, and to perform additional services connected to the use of these online services and the internet. Pseudonymous user profiles can then be generated from the processed data.
We employ Google Analytics to show advertisements via the advertisement services of Google and its partners to only such users as have demonstrated an interest in our online services or as possess particular characteristics (e.g. an interest in certain topics or products, which is determined using websites visited) which we share with Google (so-called “Remarketing Audiences” or “Google Analytics Audiences”). We would also like to use Remarketing Audiences to ensure that our advertisements correspond to the users’ potential interests and are not annoying.
Please note that the “anonymizeIp” code was added to Google Analytics on the Website in order to ensure the anonymised collection of IP data (IP masking). This means that Google shortens users’ IP addresses within European Union member states or in other contracting member states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and be shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser will not be combined with other data in the possession of Google. You can prevent cookies from being stored through a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that this may potentially prevent you from using each of the Website's functions to its full extent.
In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing the data that the cookie generated regarding your usage of our online services by downloading and installing the browser plugin accessible via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
You can prevent Google Analytics from capturing data by clicking the following link. This will put an opt-out cookie in place to prevent your data from being captured during future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics
Remember to renew this opt-out cookie if you delete this or all cookies via your browser settings.
Using Google Remarketing
This website also uses the remarketing function of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, in short: "Google".
This function is used to serve interest-based advertising to website visitors within the Google advertising network. A "cookie" is placed on your browser to recognise you when you visit websites that are part of the Google advertising network. On these sites, we may serve ads based on content that you have previously viewed on sites that also use Google's remarketing services.
You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data at any time. To do this, you can permanently disable the use of cookies by Google by downloading and installing the plug-in available at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996?hl=de. Alternatively, you may opt out of the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and following the opt-out instructions there. For more information about Google Remarketing and its privacy policy, please visit https://www.google.com/privacy/ads/.
Using Google Adwords Conversion Tracking
This website also uses Google Conversion Tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Irland (“Google”). Google Adwords sets a cookie on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google ad. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Every Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can not be tracked via the websites of Adwords customers. The information gathered using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers hear the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users.
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you. If you do not want to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse the required setting of a cookie - for example, via a browser setting that generally disables the automatic setting of cookies. We point out, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in full. You can also opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ads Ads Settings. For instructions, see https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de. In addition, you may disable the use of third-party cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative deactivation page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the opt-out information listed there. Google's Conversion Tracking Privacy Policy can be found at https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html.
Using Google Maps
On our website we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Irland (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually display geographic information. As soon as you visit the sub-pages in which the map of Google Maps is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google's servers in the USA and stored there. Google may transfer this information to third parties, as far as required by law or third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
Google will not associate your IP address with other Google data. However, it would be technically possible for Google to use the user data obtained through the use of Google Maps to identify users, use it to create or otherwise use users' personality profiles for which we have no control or influence.
Google's Terms of Use can be viewed at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html, and the additional Google Maps Terms of Service can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html. For detailed privacy information related to the use of Google Maps, please visit the Google Privacy Policy at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
If you disagree with the future transmission of your data to Google while using Google Maps, you may opt out of completely disabling the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and the map display on this website can not be used.
Using Facebook Remarketing
This website uses the remarketing function “Custom Audiences” of Facebook Inc. (“Facebook”). This function is used to present interest-based advertisements (“Facebook ads”) to visitors to this website when they visit the social network Facebook. For this purpose, the Facebook remarketing tag (the so-called “Facebook pixel”) has been implemented on this website. This tag is used to establish a direct connection to the Facebook servers when you visit the website. It is transmitted to the Facebook server that you have visited this website and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. When you visit the Facebook social network, you will then be shown personalized, interest-based Facebook ads. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data at any time. To do this, you can deactivate the remarketing function “Custom Audiences” at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_=_. You must be logged in to Facebook to do this. You can find more information about the collection and use of data by Facebook and about your rights and options for protecting your privacy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
Integration and use of social media plugins
On the website of the Swiss Doctors e. V. Plugins are used by social networks. The purpose of the integration is to enable our users to redistribute the contents of this website, to publicize the Swiss Doctors' aid work in the digital world and to increase the number of visitors to our website in order to generate more donations for those in need in the long term.
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition "Social Plug-in of Facebook" or "Facebook Social Plugin". An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.
When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser connects directly to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are currently not logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) will be transmitted from your browser directly to a Facebook server in the US and stored there. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can immediately assign the visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example, click the "Like" button or leave a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information will also be posted on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can completely prevent the loading of Facebook plugins even with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript", which can be found at http://noscript.net/.
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the online service Twitter, which is operated by Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA ("Twitter"). The plugins are marked with a Twitter logo. An overview of the Twitter plugins and their appearance can be found at https://dev.twitter.com/web/overview.
By calling up one of the sub-pages of this website, which is operated by us and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on your information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component, a representation of the corresponding Twitter Component from Twitter. As part of this technical process, Twitter will be aware of which specific subpage of our site you are visiting. If you are also logged in to Twitter at the same time, with each visit to our website by you and during the entire duration of your stay on our website, Twitter recognizes which specific subpage you are visiting; this happens regardless of whether or not the subject clicks on the Twitter component. This information is collected through the Twitter component and associated with your Twitter account through Twitter. If you do not want to transmit this information to Twitter, you can prevent it from being logged out of your Twitter account before you visit our website. If you press one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted with it will be assigned to your personal Twitter user account and stored and processed by Twitter. The applicable privacy policies of Twitter are available at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de. You can completely prevent the loading of the Twitter plugins even with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript", which can be found at http://noscript.net.
Our website uses social plugins ("plugins") from the Instagram online service operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram"). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an "Instagram camera". An overview of the Instagram plugins and their appearance can be found at https://www.instagram.com/developer/embedding/.
When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser connects directly to Instagram's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are currently not logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is sent from your browser directly to an Instagram server in the US and stored there. If you're logged in to Instagram, Instagram can instantly associate your visit to our website with your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking on the "Instagram Camera" button, this information is also sent directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information will also be posted on your Instagram account and displayed there to your contacts.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your rights and options to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Instagram at https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/. If you do not want Instagram to directly map the data collected through our website to your Instagram account, you'll need to log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can completely prevent the loading of Instagram plugins even with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript", which can be found at http://noscript.net/.
YouTube
This site uses the YouTube Embedding feature to view and play videos from the YouTube publisher, which is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA ("YouTube"). The plugins are marked with a logo from YouTube. For an overview of the YouTube plug-ins and their look, visit https://developers.google.com/youtube/.
When you visit one of our YouTube plug-in sub-sites, you will be connected to the servers of YouTube. It tells the YouTube server which of our subpages you have visited. Here, the extended privacy mode is used, which according to the provider information storage of user information only when playing a video in motion. When playback of embedded YouTube videos starts, the provider uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to hints from YouTube, among other things, these serve to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices.
If you're logged into your YouTube account, YouTube will allow you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. For more information about how to handle User Information, please read the YouTube Privacy Policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. You can also completely prevent the loading of YouTube plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript", which can be found at http://noscript.net/.
Wakelet
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the online service Wakelet operated by Wakelet Limited, 76 Quay Street, Manchester, M3 4PR, United Kingdom ("Wakelet"). The plugins are marked with a Wakelet logo. An overview of the Wakelet plugins and their appearance can be found at https://wakelet.com/brand.html.
With Wakelet articles, tweets, postings, photos, videos and other content from the Internet and social media can quickly be summarized. These network reports will be integrated into our website directly from Wakelet with a plugin. The plugin builds connections to other services - like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google and YouTube - and transmits technical data such as Your IP address.
If you are logged in to your Wakelet account, you allow Wakelet to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Wakelet account. For more information about how to handle user information, see the Wakelet Privacy Policy at https://wakelet.com/privacy.html. You can completely prevent the Wakelet plugins from loading even with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript", which can be found at http://noscript.net/.