Legal framework
Limitation of liability
Although every care has been taken by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI to ensure the accuracy of the information published, no guarantee can be given with regard to the accurate, reliable, up-to-date or complete nature of this information.
SERI reserves the right to alter or remove the content, in full or in part, without prior notice.
Liability claims against SERI for material or immaterial damage resulting from access to or use or non-use of the published information, from misuse of the connection or from technical faults are excluded.
Links
Links to third party websites fall outside the scope of responsibility of SERI. Access and use of such websites take place entirely at the user’s own risk. SERI expressly declares that it has no influence whatsoever over the content of any linked site. Responsibility for the information and services of linked sites rests entirely with the relevant third parties.
No liability can be accepted with regard to the content of such websites.
Copyright
The information contained on SERI's websites is made available to the public. Downloading or copying of texts, illustrations, photos or any other data does not entail any transfer of rights with regard to the content. Exceptions are the free geodata and geoservices, for which special terms of use apply.
Copyright and any other rights relating to texts, illustrations, photos or any other data available on the websites of SERI are the exclusive property of SERI or of any other expressly mentioned owners. Any reproduction requires the prior written consent of the copyright holder.
Data protection
Legal basis
The handling of personal data at SERI is regulated by the Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG, SR 235.1) and the Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection (VDSG, SR 235.11).
Right of access to information, halt to processing and deletion
The right of access to information in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG) gives every individual, irrespective of his or her place of residence and nationality, the right to ask SERI whether data on him or her is being processed. The right of access to information is the means by which Person can check the processing of their data and request any necessary correction. You can also request a halt to processing or the deletion of your data at any time.
Please contact SERI’s data protection advisor to exercise your right to access information, halt processing or delete your data.
Information automatically stored when you visit our websites
When you access our websites, the following data is stored in log files: IP address (i.e. the unique address that identifies your computer on the Internet), date, time, browser request and generally transmitted information on the operating system or the browser. In accordance with the Federal Act on the Surveillance of Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (SPTA), there is a statutory storage obligation for connection data from the previous six months.
We use these IP addresses, which have been anonymised in advance, to help administer the website and to gather general demographic information for aggregate use.
This usage data forms the basis for statistical anonymous evaluations that enable us to identify trends which we use to improve our offer accordingly. If you order products or subscribe to a newsletter via our websites, your e-mail address is stored separately and not linked to the anonymous log files. You can cancel your registration at any time by sending a corresponding e-mail to SERI’s data protection advisor.
Use of cookies
We use cookies on a variety of our web pages in order to make your visit to our website more attractive and to facilitate the use of certain functions. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer. The majority of the cookies we use are deleted from your hard disk when you close your browser session (session cookies), while certain others remain on your computer and enable us to recognise you when you visit our website again (permanent cookies).
You can block or restrict the storage and reading of cookies in your browser. Please note that by doing so you will no longer be able to use certain functions on our website.
Social networks and other third party services
SERI manages miscellaneous accounts and profiles on social networks (including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN, Instagram, etc.), its own YouTube channels and various apps. These pages and services are offered and operated by third parties. All of these pages have their own data protection provisions.
In addition, third-party services, such as those provided by YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, bit.ly etc., are directly embedded into individual SERI web pages. These providers also use cookies, etc. When they use the relevant SERI web pages, the user’s data is automatically transmitted to these companies. In such cases, the data protection provisions of the provider concerned expressly apply. Users must be aware that data is collected via these services and may also be passed on to third parties. If users also have an account with the service concerned, the operator may assign the information transmitted directly to the personal account concerned.
SERI has no influence over the collection of data or its further use by these operators. SERI has no knowledge of how much data they store, where they store it and how long, the extent to which they comply with duties to erase data, the analyses they make of the data, the links they make to the data and to whom they pass on the data.
The most important third-party services SERI uses are:
YouTube: As soon as you call up a SERI webpage that has a YouTube video embedded in it, a connection is established with the YouTube servers, and plug-ins from YouTube (YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA; subsidiary of Google LLC) are used from time to time. YouTube receives information on which page was visited from which IP address.
Instagram: Instagram, Inc. is owned by Facebook. For further information on how Instagram handles user data, please consult its Data Policy.
X (formerly Twitter): X Corp., Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103. For further information on how Twitter handles user data, please consult its Privacy Policy and its Cookies guidelines.
Bitly: Bitly is a URL shortening service. Bitly, Inc. is based in New York, USA. You will find further information on how Bitly handles user data at https://bitly.com/pages/privacy
SERI newsletter
The newsletter contains news, offers and further information from SERI.
When you register for the newsletter, only your e-mail address, name, language and organization is saved and no further personalized summary or evaluation of your data is made. Data processing is carried out in accordance with the National Land Survey Ordinance NLSO, Art. 24 ff.
If you want to cancel your subscription to the newsletter, then simply click on the ‹unsubscribe› link that is provided in each newsletter or send us an e-mail stating your wish to unsubscribe.
Further information
Non-disclosure of personal data
Any other use of your personal information, in particular its sale, disclosure or dissemination to third parties, is explicitly excluded.
Security
SERI uses the latest technologies to protect personal data from unauthorised access and improper use.
Data protection advice
The data protection advisor at SERI is the contact person for your enquiries relating to data protection and the right to information at SERI.
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI
Data protection advisor
Einsteinstrasse 2
CH-3003 Bern
datenschutz@sbfi.admin.ch