The Swiss Re Foundation (SRF) reserves the right to vary or amend this Privacy Policy Statement at any time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy Statement will govern our use of your information and will always be available on this Platform. By continuing to access or use this Platform after any changes become effective, you agree to accept the revised Privacy Policy. Please visit this Privacy Policy Statement on a regular basis to ensure that you have read the latest version. This Privacy Policy Statement was updated the last time on the date indicated at the end of the statement.
SRF is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy concerns the entire online collection of personal data on this Platform over the World Wide Web and describes how your personal data is collected and used and how SRF fulfills its obligations under applicable data protection law.
The headings used for each of the paragraphs of this Privacy Policy Statement do not affect its interpretation. You means a user of this Platform. We means Swiss Re Foundation.User data or data means personal data that has been collected from users through various functionalities of this Platform or by the use of an e-mail address given on this Platform. Personal data means information relating to an identified or identifiable person.
SRF is an independent, non-profit-making foundation, organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland. SRFs mission is to mitigate social and humanitarian problems worldwide and make societies more resilient in facing them. Please note that in addition to this Privacy Policy, this Platform may include legal data protection information specific to one or several countries.
We may collect personal data from you over this Platform in the following ways:
SRF uses tracking technology such as cookies to gather connection data and to understand how users use this Platform. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your computers browser so that this computer will be recognized by the site on the users return. Cookies allow the web server to recognize your computer on connection to this Platform, which in turn allows the server to make downloading of pages faster than on first viewing. Also cookies may be used to establish statistics about the use of this Platform by gathering and analyzing various data (e.g. most visited pages, time spent by users on visited pages, etc.). Cookies will not be used to monitor visits of a particular individual. Cookies placed on your computer will not be kept longer than necessary for the purposes indicated. It is possible to set the browser on your computer to notify you when a cookie is being recorded on your computers hard drive. It is generally also possible to set the browser to prevent cookies from being recorded on your computer. For the optimal use of this Platform, however, we recommend that you do not block the recording of cookies on your computer. The procedure for refusal of cookies may differ depending on the software product. You may check with your software helpdesk or software supplier if you wish to refuse cookies. If you choose not to receive cookies, you may not be able to use certain functionalities or pages of this Platform.
The user data collected over this Platform is processed for the following purposes:
We will not disclose your personal data to third parties, except for the following: (1) disclosure of data if legally required or ordered by an authority or a court; (2) disclosure of data to external service providers who support SRF in the area of data processing or otherwise; (3) disclosure of data to third parties in corporate reorganizations, disposals or acquisitions; (4) disclosure of data to third parties if necessary to protect the interests of SRF or other users.
Any data you send over the Internet to this Platform is stored and processed in the United Kingdom and in Switzerland, as this Platform is operated on a Software-as-a-Service Platform of RaiseNow (www.raisenow.com), a provider of online fundraising tools and solutions with princial place of business in Zurich, Switzerland, and is processed according to applicable data protection and privacy laws. Some data will also be stored on servers of the Swiss Re Group.
Accordingly, your personal data may be processed in locations outside the country in which you are using this Platform (the User Country). SRF will ensure (by entering into a written agreement or otherwise) that your personal data will be processed in countries that are deemed to providean adequate level of data protection according to the European Commission and in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws.
All incoming and outgoing e-mail messages are automatically stored for the purpose of preserving the evidential weight of e-mails. The e-mails are protected by legal, technical and organizational measures and are processed according to applicable data protection and privacy laws. They may only be accessed in justified cases in accordance with applicable laws and regulations (e.g. court order, suspicion of criminal conduct, breach of regulatory obligations, material breach of employment contract). If you do not wish the retention of private e-mails by the Swiss Re Group, we strongly advise you not to send private, non-business related e-mails to Swiss Re e-mail accounts.
SRF applies and ensures that service providers apply technical and organizational security measures that are appropriate to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and against all other unlawful forms of processing.
The accessing and entering of information on this Platform by users take place over the Internet. This data transfer takes place in an encrypted form (HTTPS). SRF shall not be liable for any damage caused by a data transfer.
You may communicate with us by e-mail. E-mail messages sent over the Internet are neither confidential nor secure. They may be viewed by third parties, lost, intercepted or altered. E-mails may be transferred across national borders, even if both sender and recipient are located in the same country. SRF or any company of the Swiss Re Group will not be liable for any damages suffered in connection with the use of e-mails or any other electronic messaging system when communicating with us.
SRF retains the personal information collected over this Platform for as long as required or permitted by law and regulations.
SRF does not wish to collect over this Platform personal data from individuals under the age of 18. Individuals under the age of 18 are requested to receive permission from their parent or legal guardian before providing any personal data to SRF on this Platform.
From this Platform you are able to obtain access to websites operated by third parties (External Websites). This Privacy Policy does not apply to External Websites. External Websites are not monitored or maintained by SRF. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of any External Websites (see Terms of Use). Please read the privacy policy of each External Website prior to accessing or sending personal data to the site.
You are entitled to ask for a copy of your personal data which has been collected online and stored on this Platform. You may also ask to have your data rectified or deleted as required by applicable data protection and privacy laws. For more information please contact us by email: SwissRe_Foundation@swissre.com.
SRF is responsible as data controller for the processing of your personal data on this Platform under Swiss data protection law to the extent applicable.
If you have any questions relating to the processing of your data or this Privacy Policy, please email SwissRe_Foundation@swissre.com.
Latest update: 12 March 2015