Privacy policy
Introduction
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration from time to time in order that the contents always comply with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in it, e.g. when introducing new offers & services. Applicable is always the latest published version on this page (www.compasschronicle.com/en/privacy-policy).
Imprint
Responsible body within the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR), is:
Mirjam Herzog & Patrik Rüegg
Schachenstrasse 38
CH-6010 Kriens
E-Mail: contact@compasschronicle.com
Website: www.compasschronicle.com
1) Recording of personal data
When you access this website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information is recorded in the server log file and includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and similar information.
The following reasons are provided for storing such information:
- Ensuring that the website can be accessed without problems
- Ensuring a smooth use of our website
- Evaluation of system security and stability and
- for other administrative purposes
Your data will not be used to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is only evaluated statistically in order to optimize our Internet presence and the technology behind it. Personal data will not be passed on to third parties unless this is necessary for a problem-free offering and is expressly mentioned or you have given your consent in advance.
2) Storage Duration
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. For the general data used to provide the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.
3) Comments
If visitors post comments on the website we collect the information displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and the user-agent string (which identifies the browser) to help identify spam.
4) Media
If you are a registered user and upload photos to this site, you should avoid uploading photos with an EXIF GPS location. Visitors to this site may download photos stored on this site and extract their location information.
5) Contact Forms
The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to enter a valid e-mail address and your name. This serves to assign the inquiry and to answer it afterwards. The specification of further data is optional.
6) Cookies
This website uses “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are transferred to your hard drive from a website server. Through this process we automatically receive certain data (such as IP address, browser used, operating system) about your computer and your connection to the Internet.
Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transfer viruses to a computer. We can use the information contained in cookies to make navigation easier for you and to enable our websites to be displayed correctly, especially with regard to multilingual content.
If you write a comment on our website, this may be a consent to store your name, e-mail address and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that if you write another comment, you do not have to re-enter all this information again. These cookies are stored for one year.
If you have an account and log on to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and will be discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set some cookies to store your login information and display options. Login cookies expire after two days and display options cookies expire after one year. If you select “keep me logged in” when you log in, your login will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies are deleted.
7) Utilization of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: “Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website (CompassChronicle.com), Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
The purpose of data processing is to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on activities on the website. Based on the use of the website, further associated services will then be provided.
8) Utilization of Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for the integration of advertisements from Google Inc. (“Google”). Google AdSense uses so-called “cookies”, text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons information such as visitor traffic on these pages can be evaluated.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you agree to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.
9) Embedded YouTube-Videos
On some of our websites we embed YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter “YouTube”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which pages you visit. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account first.
If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior. If you wish to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in the browser.
10) How long we retain your data
If you write a comment, it will be saved including metadata for an unlimited time. This way we can automatically detect and release follow-up comments instead of keeping 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 user name cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and change this information.
11) What rights you have over your data
You have the right to receive information about your personal data stored by us at any time. If you have an account on this website or if you have submitted comments, you can request an export of your personal data from us, including all data you have provided us. In addition, you can request the deletion of all personal data that we have stored about you. This does not include data that we are required to keep due to administrative, legal or security reasons.
12) Where we send your data
Visitor comments could be examined by an automated spam detection service.
13) Social Plugins
Social media plugins are used on this website. These plugins may be used to send information, which may also include personal data, to the relevant service provider and may be used by them. We prevent the unintentional and unwanted collection and transmission of information to the service provider by using a general opt-in procedure similar to the use of third-party cookies. To enable a desired social plugin, you must agree to the use of the Service Provider’s cookies and features, otherwise these social plugins will not work as intended. In addition, regular social media links are embedded on the website. A data transfer is carried out directly from you to the service provider and is beyond our influence when you click on the link. When using these links, the transmission of personal data from CompassChronicle.com to third parties is impossible, therefore these links work without your consent. Only with your consent will the additional, convenient social plugins be activated. We ourselves do not collect any personal data via the social plugins or their use.
We have no influence on what data an activated social plugin collects and how it is used by the provider. Currently, it must be assumed that a direct connection to the provider’s services is established and at least the IP address and device-related information is collected and used. It is also possible that the service provider will attempt to store cookies on the computer used. Please refer to the data protection information of the respective service provider to find out which specific data is collected and how it is used. If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook can identify you as a visitor to a particular page.
14) How we protect your data
SSL-Encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption procedures (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.
Kriens, last updated 07. Feb 2020
