Confidentiality Policy
Last updated: 4 December 2023
Data protection
1. Generalities
Mouettes genevoises SA attaches a lot of importance to protecting your data. It only collects personal data that are absolutely necessary to carry out its tasks (data economy). The data saved are diligently managed and protected against any form of misuse.
Article 13 of the Federal Constitution as well as the data protection act, guarantee everyone respect for their privacy and protection against the misuse of personal data. The website complies with these provisions.
2. Field of application
This confidentiality policy applies to the Mouettes genevoises SA website of the “mouettesgenevoises.ch” domain as well as to the personal data collected via this website. It may be modified at any time without notice. Websites of third parties to which the mouettesgenevoises.ch website refers are subject to their own confidentiality policies.
3. Personal data processing
a) Retention and erasure
On the mouettesgenevoises.ch website, only data essential for its correct operating and its utility are processed. In addition, your personal data are managed in accordance with retention and deletion rules, including those you choose to share if applicable.
These personal data are only kept for the period needed to achieve their initial collection objective, although legal requirements or other obligations may sometimes lead to extended retention deadlines.
b) Saving form data
When you fill in a form (e.g.a contact form), only data that are necessary to fulfil the intended purpose are processed. As a general rule, all fields are optional. A field is only compulsory if it refers to data that Mouettes genevoises SA needs to answer your request. Data are deleted on expiry of the legal retention period at the latest.
c) Saving on signing up for a newsletter
When signing up for a newsletter you are asked for the following data; email address (compulsory); title, first name and surname (optional). Personal data you have provided to sign up for a newsletter are immediately deleted when you unsubscribe from its mailing list.
d) Saving for statistical purposes
When you access mouettesgenevoises.ch, the following data are saved in log files: IP address, date, time, browser requests and information on the appliance used notably the operating system and the browser. These data are used with the help of Internet statistics tools (see below). The aim is to continually improve communication.
Internet statistics tools: We use website statistics software packages such as Google Analytics to analyse trends in the way our website is consulted and used. The information monitored includes IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, the type of appliance used, the geographical location of visitors, the type of browser, the Internet access provider (IAP), landing/output pages, type of platform, date/time, time spent on pages and keywords used to find our website via search engines. This information is anonymous and cannot be directly linked to individual users. We can use it to identify the areas used very little on the website, identify problem areas of the website, analyse major demographic trends of our visitors and take decisions on how to facilitate the search and browsing of our website.
If you do not want analyses to be used in your browser, you can install the Google Analytics complementary browser module. More information on the way Google Analytics collects and processes personal data can be found here.
e) Cookies
mouettesgenevoises.ch uses cookies to make browsing more pleasant and offer certain functions, like the choice of language and the reinforcement of security preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) type attacks. This involves small text files stored on your computer. Most cookies are deleted from your hard drive when you close your browser (session cookies). Others remain on your computer and are capable of recognising you if you return to the same website (permanent cookies).
You can block the use of cookies in your browser by limiting or deactivating their storage and reading. Without cookies you will not however be able to use all functions offered on the website.
f) Social networks and other third party services
mouettesgenevoises.ch has different accounts and profiles on social networks (Facebook, Instagram, etc.), of its own Vimeo channels. These websites and services are proposed and managed by third parties. Each of them has its own confidentiality policy.
Moreover, third party services like Vimeo and Instagram are integrated into the mouettesgenevoises.ch website. These suppliers also use cookies. When they use the mouettesgenevoises.ch website, users automatically transmit data to these suppliers. These scenarios are expressly subject to the data protection rules of the suppliers concerned. Users must then be aware that data may be collected and transmitted to third parties. If a user is simultaneously connected to an account of another service, the information transmitted may be directly associated with this account.
mouettesgenevoises.ch has no influence over the collection and use of these data. It does not know the scale of the data saved, where they are saved, for how long, if possible deletion rules are respected, what assessments and associations are made on these data or to whom they are transmitted. Main third party services used on the mouettesgenevoises.ch website:
Vimeo: This website integrates plug-ins of the Vimeo video sharing website of the company Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. Every time you access a page that offers one or several Vimeo videos, a direct connection is established between your browsers and a Vimeo server in the United States of America. Information about your visit and your IP address are saved there. Via the interaction with Vimeo plug-ins (e.g. by clicking on the start-up button), this information is also transmitted to Vimeo where it is stored. You will find more information about the collection and use of your data by Vimeo in the Vimeo Confidentiality Policy.
If you have a Vimeo user account and you do not want Vimeo to collect information about you via this website and associate it with your member data saved at Vimeo, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting this website.
Furthermore, Vimeo calls the Google Analytics tracker through an iFrame in which the video is called. This involves monitoring exclusive to Vimeo, to which we do not have access. You can prevent the monitoring by Google Analytics by using the disabling tools that Google offers for some Internet browsers. You can moreover prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics and linked to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the plug-in of the browser available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=fr
Instagram: Instagram, Inc. belongs to Facebook. You will find information about data processing in the following document: Instagram data use policy.
Facebook: Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you access our pages via Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and Facebook servers. Data are already transmitted to Facebook during this process. If you have a Facebook account, these data may be associated with it. If you do not want these data to be allocated to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before going to our website. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or the fact of clicking on the buttons “Like” or “Share” are also transmitted to Facebook. More information is available on the https://fr-fr.facebook.com/about/privacy website.
Google reCaptcha: under the name of reCaptcha, Google LLC uses services allowing it to recognise and prevent automated actions on websites. Google Confidentiality rules and conditions for use.
4. Your rights
You have the right to ask for information about the processing of your personal data from mouettesgenevoises.ch at any time, free of charge. You will find contact information in the footer. The law provides for other rights regarding data, notably concerning the deletion, correction, restriction of the processing and transmission.
To function, the mouettesgenevoises.ch website uses data and saves them in log files. Users therefore have no right of objection in this respect.
5. Data security
Websites: for the website you are consulting, mouettesgenevoises.ch uses encrypted data communicated founded on the SSL protocol. Thanks to the SSL certificate, our domain is authenticated and exchanges between the Infomaniak servers and you are encrypted. You can recognise encrypted pages with a key or padlock symbol in the address bar of your browser.
General data processing: mouettesgenevoises.ch applies security, technical and organisation measures to protect the data processed against accidental or intentional tampering, partial or total losses, destruction and unauthorised access. These measures correspond to current prior art.
6. Operating
The servers used to operate the website are maintained at infomaniak that undertakes to ensure the security of its infrastructures, notably thanks to a security policy that meets the requirements of different standards, certifications as well as the new data protection act. You will find information on the processing of data managed by Infomaniak in the following document: Confidentiality policy
7. Contact person
If you have any questions on data processing or if you think that your rights have not been respected, please contact the data protection officer, Mrs Yolaine Bouillie.
If needs be, please write directly to the address info@mouettesgenevoises.ch