This website collects personal data from its users.

Data provider, manager and owner

Liberal Institute
Scheideggstrasse 73
8038 Zürich

Supplier’s e-mail address: institut@libinst.ch

Contact at the Liberal Institute: Olivier Kessler, Director (olivier.kessler@libinst.ch)

Types of data collected

The personal data that this website processes autonomously or via third parties include: First name; surname; date of birth; e-mail; telephone number; address; zip code; place of residence, organization; language; donations made; IP address; cookies; usage data; other data transmitted when using the service, such as time spent on a page.

Full details of each type of personal data processed are provided in the relevant sections of this privacy policy or, from time to time, in explanatory texts which are displayed prior to data collection.

Personal data may be provided voluntarily by the user (in this case, the personal data transmitted to the supplier is indicated in the corresponding input form) or, in the case of usage data, be collected automatically during use of this website.

Users have the option of registering on the website by providing personal data (in particular to order products such as books and ebooks). By registering, users declare that their personal data is accurate.

Unless otherwise indicated, it is compulsory to provide all the data requested by this website in order to use it. The user’s refusal to provide such data may make it impossible for this website to make its services available to the user. In cases where this website expressly states that the provision of personal data is optional, users may choose not to provide such data without any consequences for the availability or operation of the service.

Mandatory data is indicated by the display of an error message if the corresponding field is not filled in. Users who do not know which personal data is mandatory can contact the supplier.

Any use of cookies – or other tracking tools – by this website or by third-party service providers used by this website is for the purpose of providing the service requested by the user in each case and for any other purposes described herein.

Users confirm that they have obtained consent for the possible transmission of third-party personal data to this website or for any other processing (such as publication or communication) of third-party personal data through this website.

Type and location of data processing

Treatment methods

The provider handles user data appropriately and takes adequate security measures to prevent unauthorized access and unauthorized transmission, alteration or destruction of data or to prevent unauthorized processing within the meaning of the Data Protection Act.

Data processing is carried out by means of computers or IT-based systems, according to organizational procedures and operating modes targeted at the stated purposes. In addition to the supplier, other persons may be involved externally – and in this case, if necessary, designated by the supplier as subcontractors (such as technical service providers, delivery companies, hosting providers, IT companies or communications agencies) – for the operation of this website and/or for the fulfillment of the supplier’s contractual obligations towards users and may thus have access to the data. The user expressly consents to the corresponding disclosure of personal data or data processing by these other persons. An up-to-date list of these parties may be requested from the supplier at any time.

Location

Data is processed on the supplier’s premises and at all other locations where the departments involved in data processing are located.

Depending on the location of users, data transfers may involve the transfer of user data to a country other than their own. To find out more about where transferred data is processed, users can consult the section containing detailed information on the processing of personal data.

Users also have the right to be informed of the legal basis for the transfer of data to a country other than Switzerland or to an international organization governed by public international law or created by two or more countries, such as the UN, as well as of the security measures taken by the supplier to protect their data.

If such a transfer takes place, the user can find out more by consulting the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the supplier via the information provided in the contact section.

Data retention period 

Personal data is processed and stored for as long as required by the purposes for which it was collected. Therefore:

• Personal data collected for the purpose of executing a contract concluded between the supplier and the user is kept until the contract has been fully executed.
• Personal data collected for the purpose of protecting the legitimate interests of the provider is retained for as long as necessary to achieve these purposes. Users can obtain more detailed information on the supplier’s legitimate interests in the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the supplier.

In addition, the supplier is authorized to retain personal data for a longer period if the user has given his consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the supplier may be required to store personal data for a longer period if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation or on the order of an authority.

Once the storage purpose has been fulfilled, the personal data is deleted.

Purposes of processing

Personal data concerning the user is collected so that the supplier can provide the services it offers. This includes (a) providing users with current information such as upcoming events, news, new publications and (b) delivering products ordered in the online store such as physical books and e-books.

Data relating to donations received are also processed in order to (a) determine which users are entitled to which privileges (e.g. discounted admission to events, discounted prices for the online store), to (b) be able to issue the donors concerned with a donation certificate, and to (c) be able to provide donors, by post and e-mail, with the relevant information on the Liberal Institute and its publications and events.

In addition, data is collected for the following purposes: Development, improvement and extension of website functionalities, analysis.

Users can find more detailed information on these processing purposes and on the personal data used for each purpose in the corresponding sections of this document.

Data recipients for processing mailings

Certain data are transmitted to the following bodies for the processing of postal items:

• Mailings such as activity reports, invitations to events, book order sheets, LI perspectives, payment slips, books and any other attachments are handled by:

  Brüggli Medien
  Hofstrasse 5
  8590 Romanshorn 

• In some cases, book shipments are also handled by:

  cubemedia
  Binzstrasse 9
  8045 Zürich

Detailed information on the processing of personal data

Personal data are also collected for the following purposes when using the following services:

Analytical

The services mentioned in this section enable the provider to monitor and analyze data traffic and track user behavior.

Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google uses the collected data to track and study how this website is used, to compile reports on its activities and to share them with other Google services. Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google uses the collected data to track and study how this website is used, to compile reports on its activities and to share them with other Google services.
Personal data collected: Cookie; usage data.

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy policy – Opt Out. Member of Privacy Shield.

Displaying content from external platforms

This type of service enables users to display and interact with content (e.g. videos) hosted on external platforms directly via this website. This type of service can still collect web traffic data for the pages on which the service is installed, even if users don’t use it.

Interaction with social networks and external platforms

This type of service allows you to interact with social networks or other external platforms directly via this website. Interaction and information collected via this website are always subject to the privacy settings defined by users for the relevant social network. This type of service can continue to collect web traffic data for pages on which the service is installed, even if users don’t use it. It is advisable to disconnect from the services concerned to ensure that the data processed via this site is not reconnected to the user’s profile.

Contact the user

Contact form (this website)

By filling in the contact form with their data, users authorize this website to use their data to respond to requests for information, offers or other, or to process such requests. Personal data collected: Surname, first name, address, zip code, place of residence, e-mail, telephone number; data transmitted when using the service.

Mailing list or newsletter (this website)

By subscribing to the mailing list or newsletter, the user’s e-mail address is added to the contact list of persons likely to receive e-mail messages containing commercial or promotional information related to this site. Your e-mail address may also be added to this list if you have registered on this site.

Personal data collected: Last name, first name, e-mail.

Telephone contact (this website)

Users who have provided their telephone number can be contacted to handle support requests. Personal data collected: Surname, first name, telephone number.

Manage contacts and send messages

This type of service enables the supplier to manage a database of e-mail contacts, telephone numbers or other contact information in order to communicate with the user. The services may also collect data on the date and time at which messages were read by the user, as well as on when the user interacts with incoming messages, for example by clicking on the links they contain.

Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group LLC)

Mailchimp is a service provided by The Rocket Science Group LLC for managing e-mail addresses and sending messages.

Personal data collected: various types of data, as described in the service’s privacy statement.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Member of Privacy Shield.

WordPress (WordPress Foundation)

WordPress is a website creation service provided by the WordPress Foundation.

WordPress is a website creation service provided by the WordPress Foundation.
Personal data collected: various types of data, as described in the service’s privacy statement.

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Payment processing

Payment services enable this website to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other methods. In order to guarantee a particularly high level of security, this website only transmits the information required to carry out the transaction to the financial intermediaries handling the transaction. Some of these services may also involve sending scheduled messages to the user, such as e-mails containing invoices or payment notifications.

PayPal (Paypal Inc)

PayPal is a payment service from PayPal Inc. that enables users to make online payments. Personal data collected: various types of data, as described in the service’s privacy statement.

Place of processing: see PayPal privacy statement – Privacy statement..

Zahls.ch (siebenberge gmbh)

Zahls.ch is a payment service from Siebenberge gmbh that enables users to make online payments. Personal data collected: various types of data, as described in the service’s privacy policy.

Privacy policy

User rights

Users may exercise certain rights with respect to their data processed by the provider. In particular, users have the right to do the following:

• Withdraw their consent at any time.
  If the user has previously consented to the processing or transformation of personal data, they may revoke their consent at any time.
• Obtain information about their data.
  Users have the right to know whether their data is processed by the provider, as well as the right to obtain information on certain aspects of the processing and to obtain a copy of the data.
• Verification and rectification of data.
  Users have the right to check the accuracy of their data and request that it be updated or corrected.
• Request the deletion or removal of personal data in any other way.
  Under certain circumstances, users have the right to ask the supplier to delete their data.
• Receive their data.
  Users have the right to receive their data in a structured, commonly used and computer-readable format.

How to exercise your rights

Any request to exercise the user’s rights may be addressed to the supplier via the contact details indicated in this document. Requests may be made free of charge.

More information on data collection and processing

Legal measures

The user’s personal data may be processed by the provider for law enforcement purposes as part of or in preparation for legal proceedings resulting from improper use of this website or associated services. The user declares that he is aware that the supplier may be required by the authorities to provide personal data.

Other information about the user’s personal data

In addition to the information mentioned in this privacy statement, this website may provide the user, on request, with other contextual information relating to specific services or to the collection and processing of personal data.

System protocols and maintenance

This website and third-party services may, for operating and maintenance purposes, collect files that record interactions taking place via this website (“system protocols”) or use other personal data (e.g. IP address) for this purpose.

Information not included in this privacy policy

Further information on the collection or processing of personal data may be requested from the supplier at any time via the contact details given.

Changes to this privacy policy

The provider reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time by informing its users via this page and, where applicable, this website and/or by sending a message to users via the contact details available to the provider. Users are therefore advised to consult this page regularly and to check the date of the last modification indicated at the bottom of the page. Insofar as the changes concern a use of data based on the user’s consent, the supplier will request – if necessary – a new consent.

Definitions and legal information

Personal data (or data)

All data relating to an identified or identifiable person.

Usage data

Information that this website (or third-party services used by this website) collects automatically, for example: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers of users who use this website, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses, the time of the request, the method used to send the request to the server, the size of the response file received, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s response (successful result, error, etc.), etc. (e.g., the number of pages viewed, the number of pages viewed, etc.), the country of origin, the browser and operating system functions used by the user, various time data per call (e.g., time spent on each page) and information on the path followed by the user. ), the country of origin, the functions of the browser and operating system used by the user, various time data per call (e.g. time spent on each page) and information on the path followed within an application, including the order of pages visited, as well as other information on the user’s device operating system and/or computing environment.

User

The person using this website, which, unless otherwise indicated, corresponds to the person concerned.

Person concerned

The natural person to whom the personal data relates.

Subcontractor (or data processor)

Natural or legal person, public authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Supplier (or: manager)

The natural or legal person, public authority, department or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data and the means used for this purpose, including security measures relating to the operation and use of this website. Unless otherwise specified, the person responsible or the provider is the natural or legal person through whom this website is offered.

This website (or this use)

The hardware or software tool with which the user’s personal data is collected and processed.

Service

The service offered by this website, as described in the relevant terms of use (if any) and on this page/application.

Cookie

Small file stored on the user’s device.

Legal notice

This privacy policy has been drawn up on the basis of the provisions of the Swiss Data Protection Act.
This data protection declaration applies exclusively to this website, unless otherwise indicated in this document.

External links and third-party functions

We have no influence whatsoever on the external content to which we refer, nor on compliance with data protection provisions by third-party providers whose functions are integrated into our websites.
This website links to other websites whose content is not the responsibility of the Liberal Institute.

Declaration of consent

By using our website or our offers, you expressly consent to the processing/use of the data collected about you in the manner described and for the purposes stated.