Statutory basis

Liability

Although the federal authorities take every care to ensure the accuracy of the information published, no guarantee can be given with regard to the correctness, accuracy, validity, reliability and completeness of this information.

The federal authorities expressly reserve the right to change, delete or temporarily not publish content in whole or in part at any time without prior notice.

The federal authorities shall not be held liable for material or immaterial damage resulting from access to, use or non-use of the published information, misuse of the connection or technical faults.

References and links

The federal authorities shall not be responsible for references and links to third-party websites. Users access and use such websites at their own risk. The federal authorities expressly declare that they have no influence whatsoever over the design, content and offers featured on the linked pages. Information and services from linked websites are entirely the responsibility of the respective third party.

The federal authorities bear no responsibility for such websites.

Data protection

In accordance with Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and federal data protection laws, all persons are entitled to protection of their privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data. The federal authorities comply with these provisions. Personal data is treated as strictly confidential and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties.

In close cooperation with our hosting providers, we endeavour to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or falsification.

When you access our website, the following data is stored in log files: IP address, date, time, browser request and general information transmitted about the operating system or browser.

This usage data forms the basis for statistical, anonymous analyses, so that trends can be identified that can be used to improve federal services. Under the Federal Act on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications (SPTA), there is a legal obligation to retain connection data from the previous six months.

If you choose to contact us, your email address will be stored in a separate database which is not linked to the anonymous log files. You have the option of cancelling your registration at any time.

Copyright

The information contained on the websites of the federal authorities is made available to the public. Rights to the content, images, photos or other files is not transferred when these are downloaded or copied.

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos or other files on the websites of the federal authorities belong exclusively to the latter or to the specifically named rights holders. The written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained in advance before any of the above-listed elements are reproduced.

How are tracking tools used?

We use the web analysis services of Google Analytics for the needs-based design and continuous optimisation of our website.

Pseudonymised user profiles are created and small text files stored on your computer when you use our website. The information generated by cookies about your use of this website is transmitted to the servers of the providers of these services, stored there and processed for us. In addition to the data listed above, we receive the following information:

Navigation path of the website user
Length of time spent on the website or subpage
Subpage on which the user leaves the website
Country, region or city from where the website is accessed
End device (type, version, colour depth, resolution, width and height of the browser window)
Returning or new visitors

The information is used to analyse the use of the website.

Information on the use of Google Analytics

Google Analytics provider is Google Inc., a company of the holding company Alphabet Inc, based in the US. The anonymised IP address transmitted by your browser by Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the US and truncated there. According to Google Inc., under no circumstances is the IP address associated with other data relating to the user.

Further information about the web analysis service used can be found on the Google Analytics website. Instructions on how you can prevent your data from being processed by the web analysis service can be found under this link.