Privacy Policy

  1. Collection of Information
    Hand in Hand Switzerland is committed to the ethical collection, retention, and use of information that you provide to us about yourself (“Personal Information”) on this site: https://hihswiss.org/ Our aim is to always comply with the Swiss Data Protection Law, https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2022/491/en
  1. Your Personal Information may comprise the following:
    • your name
    • your age
    • your occupation
    • your educational qualification
    • your email and mailing address
    • your telephone number
    • your payment processing details
    • limited personal details
    • Any other information that Hand in Hand Switzerland may require
  1. The following Privacy Policy sets forth our understanding with you on the collection, use, and protection of your Personal Information. Please read the entire Privacy Policy.
  1. Your use of the website constitutes your consent to all the terms contained in this privacy policy (as may be amended from time to time), and you and ourselves shall be bound by the same, always in compliance with the Swiss Data Protection Law, as displayed under clause 1.
  1. Collection of Information
  • 5.1 Site Browsing: You browse the Site anonymously. We do not require you to identify yourself or reveal any Personal Information while browsing through the Site. However, you may not be able to access certain sections of the Site or interact with us without supplying us with Personal Information. For instance, you would not be able to transact at the Site or make any donations at the Site without providing the Site with Personal Information. Similarly, you will not be able to apply for an internship with us without providing the Site with Personal and Academic information.
  • 5.2 While you are browsing through the Site, the Site’s operating system may automatically record some general information (“General Information”) about your visit, such as:
    • (i) the date and time you visit the Site, along with the address of the previous website you were visiting, if you linked to us from another website.
    • (ii) the type of browser you are using (such as Internet Explorer version 11)
    • (iii) which ‘hit’ it is on the Site
  • 5.3 Hand in Hand Switzerland’s tracking system does not record personal information about individuals or link this information to any Personal Information collected from you.
  • 5.4 General personal information that we receive from you may also be used by Hand in Hand Switzerland for statistical analysis, for tracking overall traffic patterns on the Site and to gauge the public interest in Hand in Hand Switzerland and the Site.
  • 5.5 Cookies: “Cookies” are small amounts of data that a website can send to a web browser on a visitor’s computer. The cookie is stored on a visitor’s computer. A cookie may enable the site holder to track how a visitor navigates through its site and the areas in which they show interest. This is similar to a traffic report: it tracks trends and behaviours but does not identify individuals. Information gathered may include date and time of visits, pages viewed, time spent at the site, and the site visited just before and just after the Hand in Hand Switzerland site. Refusing Cookies on Hand in Hand Switzerland’s Website: Customers may choose not to accept cookies. Your web browser may alert and permit you to refuse cookies. When you receive an alert, you may choose at that time to refuse that cookie. If the use of cookies is a concern to you, then please make sure your browser has this capability and that you set your browser to alert you accordingly.
  1. Usage of Information
  • 6.1 Personal information will be used by Hand in Hand Switzerland for internal purposes, including the following:
    • (i) Sending you, inter alia, emails, features, newsletters, brochures, catalogues, and other updates.
    • (ii) maintaining an internal confidential database of all the Personal Information collected from visitors to the Site
    • (iii) evaluating and administering the Site and Hand in Hand Switzerland’s activities, responding to any problems that may arise, and gauging visitor trends on the Site.
  1. Disclosure of Personal Information by Hand in Hand Switzerland
  • 7.1 Within Hand in Hand Switzerland, access to Personal Information collected by Hand in Hand Switzerland will be given only to those persons who are authorised by Hand in Hand Switzerland.
  • 7.2 Hand in Hand Switzerland is not liable in any manner whatsoever for the loss, damage (whether direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental) or harm caused to you by the misuse of your Personal Information by a third party who is not an employee of Hand in Hand Switzerland, however Hand in Hand Switzerland does its best efforts to maintain all technical and organizational measures in order for your personal data being secured.
  • 7.3 Hand in Hand Switzerland reserves the right to disclose any Personal Information about you without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal request or legal investigation, to conduct investigations of breaches of law, to protect the Site, to protect Hand in Hand Switzerland and its property, to fulfil your requests, to protect our visitors and other persons, and if required by the policy of Hand in Hand Switzerland.
  1. Security
    Despite Hand in Hand Switzerland’s best efforts, however, we do not make any express or implied warranty with respect to our security measures.
  1. Links to other Websites
    The Site contains links to other websites for the benefit of its visitors. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such other websites. Hand in Hand Switzerland is not expressly or impliedly responsible for, or liable to any loss or damage caused to you by the collection, use, and retention of Personal Information by such websites in any manner whatsoever. It is important that you review the privacy policies of all websites you visit before you disclose any information to such websites.
  1. Variation of the Privacy Policy
    Hand in Hand Switzerland shall be absolutely entitled, at its sole discretion, from time to time, to add, alter, delete, or modify any of the terms and conditions contained herein. Such changes, additions, alterations, deletions, or modifications shall be binding on you once you visit the Site after the Privacy Policy has been so amended.