This Cookie Policy was last updated on 24. August 2023 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
Our website, https://www.wcd.ch/en/ (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.4 Social media
On our website, we have included content from Instagram to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Instagram. This content is embedded with code derived from Instagram and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Instagram is located in the United States.
Functional, Marketing/Tracking
We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam prevention. Read more
For more information, please read the Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Statement.
Functional
We use WordPress for website development. Read more
This data is not shared with third parties.
Statistics
We use Google Analytics for website statistics. Read more
For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.
Functional
We use WPML for locale management. Read more
This data is not shared with third parties.
Marketing/Tracking
We use Adobe Fonts for display of webfonts. Read more
For more information, please read the Adobe Fonts Privacy Statement.
Marketing/Tracking
We use Google Maps for maps display. Read more
For more information, please read the Google Maps Privacy Statement.
Marketing/Tracking
We use YouTube for video display. Read more
For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement.
Purpose pending investigation
Sharing of data is pending investigation
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7.1 Manage your consent settings
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
weiss communication + design ag
Läntestrasse 5
2502 Biel/Bienne
Switzerland
Website: https://www.wcd.ch/en/
Email: hc.dcw@ofni
This Cookie Policy was synchronized with cookiedatabase.org on 17. August 2023.