Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://codeexcursion.ch.

Disclaimer

The author assumes no responsibility regarding the accuracy, precision, timeliness, reliability, and completeness of the information. Liability claims against the author for material or immaterial damages arising from access to or use or non-use of the published information, misuse of the connection, or technical disruptions are excluded. All offers are non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement, delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without prior notice, or to temporarily or permanently cease publication. The information, documents, and opinions published on this website do not constitute a recommendation or an offer to enter into any legal transaction.

Liability For Links

References and links to third-party websites are outside our area of responsibility. Any responsibility for such websites is disclaimed. Access to and use of such websites is at the user’s own risk.

Copyright

The copyrights and all other rights to content, images, photos, or other files on the website belong exclusively to the Code Excursion association or the specifically named rights holders. Written consent from the copyright holders must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any elements.

With Whom We Share Your Data

We process the data you provide during registration, course participation, or other occasions (e.g., events), or that we receive about you in this context, with the utmost care and in accordance with Swiss data protection regulations. You agree that the mentioned data may be used for personalized advertising campaigns by Code Excursion (e.g., notices about additional offers). You also agree that we may share the data with partners and sponsors of Code Excursion, who may use it for personalized advertising campaigns or similar purposes. We also share your data with partner companies that provide services for us, e.g., our partners who provide courses. This is necessary, among other things, so that you can be activated for the courses.

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection provisions (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person has the right to protection of their privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data. We comply with these provisions. Personal data is treated strictly confidentially and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties. In close cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as best as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification. When accessing our websites, the following data is stored in log files: IP address, date, time, browser request, and generally transmitted information about the operating system or browser. This usage data forms the basis for statistical, anonymous evaluations so that trends can be identified, which allow us to improve our offerings accordingly.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored permanently or temporarily on your computer when you visit this website. The purpose of cookies is, in particular, to analyze the use of this website for statistical evaluation and for continuous improvements. In your browser, you can deactivate cookies completely or partially in the settings at any time. With deactivated cookies, not all functions of this website may be available to you.

If you write a comment on our website, this may be consent to store your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is a convenience function so that you don’t have to re-enter all this data when you write another comment. These cookies are stored for one year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set up some cookies to save your login information and display options. Login cookies expire after two days, and cookies for display options after one year. If you select „Stay logged in“ during login, your login will be maintained for two weeks. Logging out of your account will delete the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only refers to the post ID of the article you just edited. The cookie expires after one day.

Privacy policy for using Facebook plugins (Like button)

Our pages include plugins from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. You can recognize Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the „Like“ button on our page. An overview of Facebook plugins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our page with your IP address. If you click the Facebook „Like“ button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please see Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Comments

When visitors write comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and user agent string (which identifies the browser) to help detect spam.

An anonymized string can be created from your email address (also called a hash) and passed to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media

If you are a registered user and upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos with EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to this website could download photos stored on this website and extract their location information.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Posts on this website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, posts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services, and record your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to this website.

Privacy policy for using Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. („Google“). Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies,“ text files that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. 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 to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators, and to provide other services related to website use and internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes described above.

How Long We Store Your Data

If you write a comment, it is stored indefinitely including metadata. This way we can automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, change, or delete their personal information at any time (the username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and change this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this website or have written comments, you can request an export of your personal data from us, including all data you have provided to us. Additionally, you can request the deletion of all personal data we have stored about you. This does not include data that we must retain for administrative, legal, or security-related reasons.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked by an automated spam detection service.

Contact

Code Excursion Association
9000 St.Gallen
info@code-excursion.ch