University of Basel

Faculty of
Business and Economics

Privacy policy

The University of Basel attaches great importance to the protection of personal data. Personal data is any data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail, telephone number, photo, user behavior, IP address, etc. With this privacy statement, we would like to inform you which data the Faculty of Law collects from you as a user of the website wwz.unibas.ch, processes, discloses and for what purpose, and which measures Unibas takes to ensure the security of this data. In addition, we inform you about your rights by means of this data protection declaration. As a general rule, you can always contact the responsible contacts on the subject of data protection (data protection officer of the university, webmaster of the Faculty of Business and Economics and, in addition, for IT questions, IT Services Jacob Burckhardt Haus.

Personal data is always processed in compliance with the Information and Data Protection Act of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (IDG) applicable to the University of Basel and, if applicable, the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DSG). In addition, the University of Basel complies with the European Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), which may be applicable, and states the relevant legal basis for this case in each case, in accordance with Art. 13 Para. 1 lit c DSGVO.

The use of certain offers on the website wwz.unibas.ch, including the use of any newsletters and forms, may require the collection, processing and longer-term storage of personal data such as name, address, telephone number, or mail address. We process this data in accordance with Art. 9 of the Information and Data Protection Act of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (IDG) or the corresponding university regulations.

If and insofar as the European Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) applies, we process the data:

  • based on legal requirements (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO) or in the public interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e DSGVO),
  • based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO),
  • to fulfill contractual obligations as well as to carry out corresponding pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO),
  • to protect the legitimate interests of us or of third parties (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO),
  • to protect vital interests of you or another natural person (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d DSGVO).

Any consent you have given us for certain services can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. Personal data that has already been accumulated will be deleted if it is no longer required for the purposes for which the data was collected. Instead of deletion, the data will be blocked if there are legal or contractual reasons against deletion.

If you would like us to delete your personal data completely, please contact: dekanat-wwz@clutterunibas.ch

Cookies are small text files that are transferred from our server or the server of a third party to the user's browser and stored on your terminal device. Through this, we automatically receive certain data such as the IP address, browser used, operating system and your connection to the Internet. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of the website. Via the settings of your browser, you can see which cookies have been set by the website wwz.unibas.ch and can delete them if necessary.

For security reasons, e.g. to be able to clarify cases of abuse and to secure our network infrastructure, so-called access data, which are automatically collected when calling up the website wwz.unibas.ch, are stored in a web server log file on servers of the University of Basel for a period of 4 weeks. In the event of an attack on our network infrastructure, longer-term storage may be necessary for reasons of evidence and for possible civil or criminal prosecution of the attacker.

The following access data is collected:

  • website visited
  • time of day at the time of access
  • browser used
  • operating system used
  • IP address

On the website wwz.unibas.ch, the web analysis component Plausible Analytics and Matomo are integrated.
Plausible Analytics and Matomo are collecting, compiling, and analyzing the data about the behavior of users of the website. The web analysis tool collects data from which source the user came to the website, which device/browser was used, from which country the user accessed the website and for how long different subpages were visited. A web analysis is used to optimize a website.

We integrate services of third parties, paying attention to the principles of data protection (especially purpose limitation, data minimization and, if possible, without data transfer to unsafe third countries).

fast.fonts.net

OpenStreetMap

Vimeo

Soundcloud

SWITCHtube

Panopto

Youtube

hCaptcha

Remote Images

The data entered in the form are transmitted in encrypted form. Any forwarding of the data by e-mail to the recipient/the operator of the website will also be sent in encrypted form.

The University of Basel uses technical and organizational security measures to ensure that the data it collects and further processes via the website wwz.unibas.ch,

  • remains confidential and is protected from accidental or unlawful access, alteration or disclosure, and from loss or destruction; and
  • access to the data is granted exclusively on a need-to-know basis to those persons who need to access the personal data by virtue of their function and duties.

The measures to be taken depend on the type of information, the type and purpose of use and the respective state of the art.

Our website wwz.unibas.ch is offered encrypted.

Encryption ensures that the website accessed (the information requested) also comes from the server it claims to be. Unencrypted traffic can be manipulated by third parties.

The University of Basel or the Faculty of Business and Economics  has not reviewed websites linked to the website wwz.unibas.ch via hyperlinks as well as displayed RSS feeds and assumes no liability for their content or for the products, services and other offers provided thereon.

Users of the website wwz.unibas.ch, through which we process personal data, have the right, within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, to obtain at any time

  • to receive free confirmation as to whether personal data is being processed by the University of Basel (§25 and §26 IDG),
  • to information about any stored data,
  • to restriction of the processing of the data,
  • to data transfer, if and to the extent that the DSGVO is applicable,
  • to correction, blocking or deletion of this data,
  • to revocation of any consent given,
  • to object to the processing of your personal data.

In this regard, you can always contact us at our contact address: dekanat-wwz@clutterunibas.ch

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The University of Basel or the Faculty of Business and Economics reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time if necessary. The current status of this privacy policy is 19 december 2019.

Responsible:

University of Basel
Faculty of Business and Economics | Deanery
Peter Merian-Weg 6  |  Postfach  |  4002 Basel  |  Switzerland
Tel +41 (0)61 207 33 73  |  http://wwz.unibas.ch/

E-Mail: dekanat-wwz-at-unibas.ch

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data on the website wwz.unibas.ch, you can contact the following address: dekanat-wwz-at-unibas.ch

Main Responsibility:

University of Basel
Petersplatz 1, P.O. Box
4001 Basel
Switzerland
https://www.unibas.ch

Data Protection Officer of the University of Basel:

Danielle Kaufmann lic. iur.
Petersgraben 35
4001 Basel
Switzerland
datenschutz@clutterunibas.ch

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