Privacy Policy
1. General Information
Under Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and under federal data protection law, everyone is entitled to have their privacy protected and to have their personal data protected from abuse. The Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt complies with these provisions on its web pages and when providing its web services.
2. Scope of Application
This Privacy Notice applies to all pages on ‘switzerland90egypt.org’ domain. This Privacy Notice may be amended at any time without prior notice. Where the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt web pages or pages operated on its behalf offer links to the web pages of other providers, the privacy information and policies of those providers apply to their own pages.
3. Links
The Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt has no influence over external pages to which it provides links, nor over external pages that provide links to Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt pages. Accordingly, the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt provides no guarantee in relation to such pages that the information they contain is accurate or that they are free of malware (such as viruses). Responsibility for the information and services provided on linked web pages or web services are entirely the responsibility of the third party concerned. The Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt accepts no responsibility or liability for such web pages or web services.
4. What happens to your data?
a) Cookies
Cookies are used on various Federal Administration websites in order to make visiting the website attractive and to allow certain functions to be used. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer. Most of the cookies used (session cookies) are deleted from your hard disk at the end of the browser session. Other cookies remain on your computer and enable you to be recognised again when you make your next visit (permanent cookies). You can stop cookies from being stored on your browser by restricting or deactivating the storage and reading of cookies. Please note that you will not be able to use certain functions of the website without enabling cookies.
b) Social networks and other third party services
The Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt manages miscellaneous accounts and profiles on social networks (including Twitter, Facebook). 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 Twitter, Google Maps, are directly embedded into individual Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt web pages. These providers also use cookies, etc. When they use the relevant Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt 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.
The Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt has no influence over the collection of data or its further use by these operators. The Federal Administration 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.
5. Your rights
You have the right to request information on the processing of your personal data by any unit of the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt at any time free of charge. Contact the office named in the first paragraph. You may have further statutory rights, such as the right to have data erased or corrected, to have data processing restricted and to have data transmitted.
Collecting data in order to provide the website and storing data in log files is absolutely essential to the operation of our website. As a result, users of our website have no right to object in this respect.
6. Operation
The web servers that are used to operate the websites are technically maintained by the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt’s own service providers. Individual services may also be provided by external partners. External operators are subject to the same data protection requirements as apply to internally operated applications.
7. Name and contact details of the persons responsible
If you have any questions about data processing or if you believe that the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt may be infringing your rights by processing your personal data, please contact the data protection officer at the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt responsible for the website.
Limitation of liability
Although every care has been taken by the Federal Authorities to ensure the accuracy of the information published, no warranty can be given in respect of the accuracy, reliability, up-to-dateness or completeness of this information.
The Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt reserve the right to alter or remove the content, in full or in part, without prior notice.
In no event will the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt be liable for any loss or damage of a material or immaterial nature arising from access to, use or non-use of published information, or from misuse of the connection or technical faults.
Links
Links to third party websites lie outside the scope of responsibility of the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt. Access and use of such websites occurs entirely at the user’s own risk. The Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt expressly state that they have no influence whatsoever over the content of any linked site. Responsibility for information and services of linked sites rests entirely with the relevant third parties.
Downloading or copying of texts, illustrations, photos or any other data does not entail any transfer of rights on the content.
Copyright and any other rights relating to texts, illustrations, photos or any other data available on the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt's websites are the exclusive property of the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt, the Swiss Federal Authorities or of any other expressly mentioned owners. Any reproduction requires the prior written consent of the copyright holder.