Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy SOGI
With this privacy policy, we inform you about which personal data we process in connection with our activities and operations, including our SOGI website. In particular, we inform you about the purpose, manner, and location of data processing. We also inform you about the rights of individuals whose data we process.
We are subject to Swiss data protection law (DSG, VDSG) as well as any applicable foreign data protection law (although our services are currently directed only at customers in Switzerland), in particular that of the European Union (EU) with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The European Commission recognizes that Swiss data protection law ensures an adequate level of data protection.
Contact address: Responsible for the processing of personal data
SOGI
Swiss Organization for Geoinformation
Sissacherstrasse 20
4460 Gelterkinden
Phone 061 985 44 87
admin@SOGI.ch
- Data Protection
We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. We collect as little personal data as possible. The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Where personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis where possible. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent, unless we are legally obliged to do so or required by a court decision.
- Processing and Use of Personal Data
Personal data collected via our websites will only be used without your consent to process your inquiries and to handle contracts. The use of your data for personalized advertising will only take place with your consent (newsletter).
As soon as the purpose for the collection, processing, and use of personal data no longer applies, we will delete this data immediately, unless legitimate reasons under applicable legal provisions, in particular statutory retention obligations, prevent this. In such a case, the data will be blocked instead of deleted.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., via email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
The website operator is responsible for data collection on this website.
You can find all contact details in the legal notice (Imprint).
- Obtaining and Handling Your Consent
By using our services and submitting personal data to this website, you consent to this privacy policy. This privacy policy does not constitute a contract. Where required by law, SOGI will obtain additional consent from you.
- Cookies
This website uses cookies. They serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
- Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources.
- AWStats
To statistically evaluate our website, we use the program AWStats, a free web analytics software. It is used to analyze log files that web servers create based on visitor requests. The program does not use cookies for analysis. Statistical analysis is carried out via log files that contain pseudonymized IP addresses. This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. No data is transmitted to external servers when using AWStats.
- Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
- Comment Function
For the comment function on this site, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your email address, and the username you have chosen will be stored. We do not store IP addresses and do not use cookies for this purpose.
- Newsletter Data / MailerLite
We use the service MailerLite, provided by UAB MailerLite, J. Basanavičiaus 15, LT-03108 Vilnius, Lithuania, for sending newsletters and email communication.
MailerLite is a service that can be used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g., email address, name) is stored on MailerLite’s servers.
Data analysis by MailerLite
With the help of MailerLite, we can analyze our newsletter campaigns. Among other things, we can evaluate:
• whether a newsletter message was opened
• which links were clicked
• technical information such as time of access, IP address, or browser type
These analyses help us tailor our content and offers better to the interests of recipients.
Legal basis
Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 31 DSG (CH)).
You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter or by contacting us directly.
Data transfer
MailerLite is a company based in the European Union. However, it cannot be ruled out that data may also be processed on servers outside Switzerland or the EU.
MailerLite uses appropriate safeguards (e.g., standard contractual clauses) to ensure an adequate level of data protection.
Storage duration
The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us or the service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after cancellation.
Further information
Further information on data protection at MailerLite can be found at:
https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy
- External Links
For your information, our website also contains links to third-party websites. SOGI has no influence on the content and design of these external pages. Therefore, the information in this privacy policy does not apply to them.
- Social Media
We are present on social media platforms and other online platforms in order to communicate with interested persons and to provide information about our activities and operations. In connection with such platforms, personal data may also be processed outside Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA). The general terms and conditions (GTC), terms of use, privacy policies, and other provisions of the respective platform operators also apply. These provisions inform in particular about the rights of affected persons directly vis-à-vis the respective platform, including, for example, the right to information.
For our social media presence at:
LinkedIn Privacy Policy (LinkedIn).
- Security
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the browser’s address line from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
We use technical and organizational security measures to protect the data you provide to us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
- Right to Information, Deletion, Blocking
You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as a right to correct, block, or delete this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data. You can find all contact details in the Imprint.
- Amendment of this Privacy Policy
Changes or adjustments to our privacy policy may become necessary for legal and/or organizational reasons. Please therefore note the current version of our privacy policy.
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March 2026