1. Terms of Access and Use regarding Alertswiss
By accessing the Rénosense website, you tacitly acknowledge that you understand and accept the terms of use and the related legal information in connection with the site (and its contents). We recommend that you do not use the Alertswiss site if you do not accept these provisions.
2. Links
The federal authorities assume no responsibility for references and links to other websites. Access to and use of such sites are at the user’s own risk. The federal authorities expressly declare that they have no influence over their design, content, or offerings. Responsibility for the information and services provided on these sites rests entirely with their authors.
The federal authorities disclaim any responsibility in relation to these websites.
Pursuant to Art. 13 of the Federal Constitution and the legal provisions of the Swiss Confederation on data protection, every person has the right to the protection of their privacy and to protection against the misuse of their personal data. The federal authorities strictly comply with these provisions. Personal data is treated with the utmost confidentiality and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties.
The federal authorities, in close cooperation with hosting providers, strive to protect their databases as effectively as possible against external intrusions, losses, misuse, and falsification.
Alertswiss allows the entry of personal data. These are, in particular, details that the user enters into their emergency plan. Such data is stored exclusively on the user’s computer unless the user sends it to third parties.
The Federal Office for Civil Protection cannot access users’ personal data.
When accessing the Rénosense website, the following data is recorded: IP address, date, time, browser request, as well as information generally transmitted about the operating system or browsing software. These data enable the federal authorities to perform anonymized statistical analyses in order to identify trends and improve their offerings accordingly. According to the Federal Act on the Surveillance of Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (SPTA), there is a legal obligation to retain connection data for at least six months. However, these rules do not apply to voluntary contact. When registering your email address, it is stored in a separate database that has no link with anonymous log files. You may cancel your registration at any time.
The Federal Office for Civil Protection operates different accounts and profiles on social media (X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing, Instagram, etc.), its own YouTube channels, and several applications. These sites and services are offered and operated by third parties. Each of them has its own privacy policy.
In addition, third-party services such as YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), Google Maps, Google Ads, the Google Custom Search Engine, Instagram, and Bitly are integrated into certain Rénosense sites. These providers also use cookies. When using Rénosense sites, users automatically transmit data to these providers. These cases are expressly subject to the data protection rules of the relevant providers. Users should be aware that data may be collected and transmitted to third parties. If a user is simultaneously logged into another service account, the transmitted information may be directly linked to that account.
Rénosense has no influence on the collection and use of such data. It does not know the extent of the data recorded, where it is stored, how long it is stored, whether deletion rules are observed, what evaluations and associations are made with these data, or to whom they are transmitted.
Main third-party services used on Rénosense websites:
- YouTube: as soon as you view a page of Alertswiss containing a YouTube video, a connection is established with YouTube servers (YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA; a subsidiary of Google LLC). External modules (plugins) may occasionally be used. YouTube is informed of your IP address and the pages you view.
- X (formerly Twitter): X, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103. You can find information on data processing in the following documents: Privacy Policy and Cookie Use.
- Bitly: Bitly is a URL shortening service based in New York. Information about data processing can be found here: Bitly Privacy Policy
- Google reCaptcha: under the name reCaptcha, Google LLC operates services that help detect and prevent automated actions on websites. Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service.
5. Submissions / Comments
The unsolicited submission of texts and illustrations (manuscripts, readers’ letters, data carriers, blog articles, photographs, etc.) implies that the author consents to a possible publication on Rénosense. The FOCP reserves the right to shorten or edit the original text.
In case of publication, the FOCP does not guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, or intelligibility of the submitted texts and illustrations. Unsolicited submissions of texts and illustrations are not remunerated, even if published on Alertswiss. Submitted material will not be returned or stored.
We gladly welcome comments related to the topics offered on Rénosense, provided they are objective and courteous. Alertswiss.ch disclaims all responsibility regarding trackbacks or links contained in comments. We delete comments with advertising purposes, those that infringe personality rights, or those that break the law.
When you complete a form (e.g., contact form), only the data necessary to fulfill the intended purpose are processed. As a rule, all fields are optional. A field is mandatory only if it concerns data that the federal administration requires to perform a legal task or to respond to your request. Data is deleted at the latest upon expiry of the statutory retention period.
6. Web Analytics
For Internet analyses that do not involve personal data, Rénosense uses the Matomo software. The data collected in this way helps expand and improve our services. Matomo is hosted by service providers of the federal authorities. In the context of using this software, all data is stored by the federal authorities, who do not share it under any circumstances with third parties.
