Privacy Policy
The Happel Foundation respects your privacy
The protection of your privacy when processing personal data as well as the security of all personal data are important concerns for us. With this privacy policy, we inform you about which data we process from you, what we need this data for and how you can object to the data processing.
We collect, process and store personal data only in accordance with the legal requirements under the provisions of the Swiss Federal Law on Data Protection (DSG).
This Privacy Policy applies to all persons whose personal data is processed by us, in particular to applicants, beneficiaries of the Happel Foundation and persons associated with them. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy applies to the use of our website.
I. Who is responsible for the processing of personal data?
Happel Foundation (hereinafter also “we” or “us”) is responsible for the processing of personal data described herein:
Happel Foundation
Floraweg 2
6003 Lucerne
E-mail: info(at)happelfoundation.org
II. What personal data do we collect and how?
We only collect personal data that is related to our relationship with you. The data we collect includes your contact information such as name, phone number, address or email address, as well as other information, especially in connection with a grant application as well as the use of our website. In contrast, information that cannot be linked to your identity (e.g., statistical information on the number of users of our online service) is not considered personal data.
As a rule, we collect personal data in the following cases: when you communicate directly with us, when you submit a funding application to our foundation, or when you provide us with your personal data for other reasons.
In all cases, we process your personal data exclusively for the purpose that is specific and recognizable to you. The data processing thus serves the fulfillment of the foundation's purpose and the fulfillment of any contracts. By submitting the data, you consent to the processing of the data.
In the course of reviewing and processing applications for contributions from the Happel Foundation and the distribution of such contributions, it may be necessary for us to also collect and process personal data about you and persons associated with you, which are considered to be personal data requiring special protection. This applies in particular to information about your health, financial situation or support from social insurance and other institutions.
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that you are obliged to inform third parties whose personal data you disclose to us about this data protection declaration and about the rights and obligations contained therein, and to obtain their consent for the data processing.
III. How do we process, preserve and secure your data?
As a matter of principle, we treat data that is collected and stored as confidential, unless it is to be considered publicly accessible information. We use appropriate technical and organizational precautions to protect the data from loss and manipulation as well as from unauthorized access by third parties.
Personal data will not be used for any advertising purposes and will only be passed on to third parties under reservation (section IV).
Draft applications that are not submitted are stored in the system but are not automatically processed. Non-submitted applications will be deleted after six months of inactivity.
As long as you have not submitted your application, you can delete your data yourself at any time. To request data deletion after submitting an application, please contact us at the address provided.
We generally store all other data for as long as our business relationship with you requires, for as long as we are obligated by law, or for as long as we have a legitimate interest in continuing to store it.
IV. Who receives your data?
Within the Happel Foundation, only those employees or members of the Board of Trustees receive access to personal data who need it to review and process an application, to distribute contributions or to process a project.
In addition, we also forward personal data to external service providers – so-called order processors – in particular from the banking, accounting, auditing, consulting and IT sectors. They require the data to provide their services to us or in the performance of their legal or regulatory duties. The external service providers are strictly bound by contract within the meaning of the Federal Data Protection Act. We have ensured that they are able to guarantee data security. They may only transfer the processing of personal data to a third party with our prior approval. By submitting an application, they explicitly consent to the transfer to such service providers.
V. What data is processed when using our Internet pages?
In principle, you can visit our Internet pages without having to provide any personal information. When you visit our Internet pages, our servers temporarily save each access in a log file.
Each time you access our Internet pages, our system automatically records data and information from the computer system of your computer and collects the following data:
– Information about the browser used
– Your Internet service provider and the devices used
– Your IP address
– Date and time as well as the duration of your access to our website
– Websites from which you have accessed our website
– Websites that are accessed by you via our website
The data is also stored in the log files of our system. The collected data does not allow any conclusions about your person. The storage of said data in log files ensures the functionality of the website. The IP address is also used to preset the language of the website. These purposes are also our legitimate interest in data processing. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.
In certain cases, we use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are permanently or temporarily stored in your computer when you visit the website. If you call up the page again, your browser sends the content of the cookies back to us and thus enables recognition of the end device. In addition, the use of a cookie can simplify certain login processes for you. Browsers can be set so that a warning appears on the screen before a cookie is saved. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change (so for the language settings and the storage of contact data from the input mask). However, we do not create user profiles from this data.
Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you as a user also have full control over the use of cookies. You can restrict or disable the transfer of cookies in your browser settings. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time.
VI. What rights do you have with regard to your personal data?
You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:
– You can request information about your stored personal data.
– You can request a correction, addition, blocking or deletion of your personal data.
– If you have given us permission to process your data, you can revoke this permission at any time with effect for the future.
A letter by post or e-mail is sufficient to exercise your rights.
VII. Amendment of this privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend and supplement this statement at any time at our sole discretion and in accordance with data protection legislation. Please consult this statement regularly.
Happel Foundation
September 1, 2023