With this privacy policy, we inform you about how we process personal data in the context of our activities and operations, including the operation of our website gentianaschool.org. We specifically inform you about the purposes for which, how and where we process personal data. We also inform you about your rights if we process your data.

Additional data protection declarations and other legal documents such as general terms and conditions, terms of use or conditions of participation may apply to certain activities and operations.

We comply with Swiss data protection law and, where applicable, with applicable foreign data protection law, in particular that of the European Union (EU) in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The European Commission has determined that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection.

1. contact address

Gentiana Schools Nairobi Association
President
Bruno Bollhalder
Muren 645
P.O. Box 39
9657 Unterwasser

E-Mail: info@gentianaschool.org

If you have any questions about data protection on our websites, would like information or would like to request the deletion of your data, please contact us by e-mail at info@gentianaschool.org.

2. nature, scope and purpose

We collect the personal data required to carry out our activities in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. This data may include various categories, such as contact data, browser and device data, content data, metadata, usage data, location data as well as contract and payment data.

The personal data is processed for the respective purpose or legally prescribed periods. As soon as processing is no longer required, the data will be deleted.

In some cases, we may engage third parties to process personal data on our behalf. This data may also be processed jointly with third parties or transferred to them. We ensure that data protection is also guaranteed with these third parties. These are often specialized service providers whose services we use.

Personal data will only be processed with the consent of the data subject, unless there are other legal grounds for processing. In some cases, consent may not be required, for example if the processing is necessary to fulfill a contract with the data subject or to protect our legitimate interests, provided that these interests are obvious or adequate prior information is provided.

As part of this processing, we collect in particular the information that a data subject voluntarily provides to us when contacting us (e.g. by post, email, contact form). If data about other persons is transmitted to us by third parties, the transmitting persons are obliged to guarantee the data protection of these persons and to ensure that the personal data transmitted is correct.

2.1 Digital infrastructure

Your personal data collected via the websites may be passed on to our hosting provider.

Our hosting provider is:
Webland AG
Kaspar Pfeiffer-Strasse 4
4142 Münchenstein
Switzerland

Webland AG privacy policy

3. use of the website

3.1 Storage of data in server log files

Each time you access our website, we may collect the following information, provided that it is transmitted by your browser to our server infrastructure or can be determined by our web server:

• Date and time including time zone

• Internet Protocol (IP) address

• Access status (HTTP status code)

• Operating system including user interface and version

• Browser including language and version

• the subpage of our website accessed, including the amount of data transferred

• the previously visited website (referrer) in the same browser window

This information, which may also contain personal data, is stored in server log files. The collection of this information is necessary in order to provide our website in a permanent, user-friendly and reliable manner and to ensure data security, in particular the protection of personal data – also in cooperation with third parties or with the help of third parties.

3.2 Use of cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are both our own cookies (first-party cookies) and cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies). Cookies are data that are stored in the browser and are not necessarily limited to traditional text cookies.

Cookies can be stored temporarily in the browser as “session cookies”, which are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. There are also so-called permanent cookies, which remain stored for a certain period of time. In particular, cookies make it possible to recognize the browser when you visit our website again and, for example, to measure the reach of our website. Permanent cookies can also be used for online marketing purposes.

You have the option of deactivating or deleting cookies completely or partially in your browser settings. Please note, however, that without cookies the full functionality of our website may not be available. If necessary, we therefore ask for your express consent to the use of cookies.

4. services of third parties

In order to meet security, statistical and technical requirements, third parties whose services we use may process aggregated, anonymized or pseudonymized data in connection with our activities and operations. Such data includes, for example, performance or usage data required to provide the respective service. In the case of such embedding, the services used record the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of users at least temporarily for technically compelling reasons.

We use services from Google: Provider: Google LLC (USA) / Google Ireland Limited (Ireland) for users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland; General information on data protection: Principles of data protection and security, Privacy Policy, Google is committed to complying with applicable data protection laws, Guide to data protection in Google products, How we use data from websites or apps on or in which our services are used (information from Google) , Personalized advertising (activation / deactivation / settings).

4.1 Tools and plugins

We use services from specialized third parties to enable the direct playback of digital audio and video content such as music or videos on the one hand and to integrate interactive map material directly into the website on the other.

We use:

Google Maps: Map service provider; Provider: Google; GoogleMaps-specific information: Privacy & Terms – Google

5. rights of data subjects

You have the right to receive information about the personal data stored by us at any time. You can also request that we delete or correct your data. In addition, you have the right to request the data that you have provided to us in a commonly used file format and, if necessary, to pass it on to a third party of your choice (right to data portability).

You can send these requests by e-mail to info@gentianaschool.org . A written request by post is required for the deletion of your customer data (please enclose a copy of your ID). For further requests, we reserve the right to ask for proof of identity.

Please note that if you delete your data, the use of our services may either not be possible or may be restricted. You can revoke your consent to data processing at any time with effect for the future.

Please note that certain data is required by law and must be retained for a certain period of time. This data is blocked by us and used exclusively to fulfill legal obligations.

6. data security

To ensure the protection of your stored data against manipulation, partial or complete loss and unauthorized access by third parties, we use appropriate technical and organizational security measures that we consider suitable. However, it is not possible to guarantee absolute data security.

Our website is accessed via secure transport encryption (SSL/TLS), in particular by using the HTTPS protocol. Most browsers indicate a secure connection with a padlock in the address bar.

We also attach great importance to data protection within our company. Our employees and the service companies commissioned by us are obliged to maintain confidentiality and comply with the applicable data protection regulations. Access to personal data is only granted to the extent necessary.

It is important to note that our digital communications – like all digital communications in general – may be subject to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion and other surveillance measures by security authorities in Switzerland, Europe, the United States of America (USA) and other countries. We have no direct influence on the processing of personal data by secret services, police forces and other security authorities.

7. changes to the privacy policy

The Gentiana Schools Nairobi Association reserves the express right to amend or change this privacy policy at any time at its own discretion. All changes and additions are the sole responsibility of the association.

Status: January 2025