SHIKISHIMA FOUNDATION

Privacy Policy

Disclaimer

The Shikishima Foundation offers no guarantee that the information provided is correct, accurate, up-to-date, reliable and complete.

The Shikishima Foundation expressly reserves the right to modify, make additions to or delete any or all of the information provided on its website and/or these pages, or to temporarily or permanently cease publication thereof without separate notification. All the details provided on its website or these pages are non-binding.

Liability claims against the Shikishima Foundation due to material or immaterial damages resulting from access to or use/non-use of the published information, misuse of the connection or technical defects are excluded.

Liability for links

References and links to third-party websites fall outside of the area of responsibility of the Shikishima Foundation. The Shikishima Foundation accepts no responsibility for any such websites. Users access and use such websites at their own risk.

Intellectual property rights

Copyrights of, and all other rights to, the content, images, photographs and other files on the website of the Shikishima Foundation belong exclusively to the Shikishima Foundation or to the specified legal owners. None of them may be reproduced without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.

Data protection

Pursuant to the applicable Swiss Federal Constitution and the national provisions governing data protection every individual has the right to protection of their privacy and to protection against the misuse of their personal data. The Shikishima Foundation complies with these provisions. Personal data are treated in accordance with the applicable law as strictly confidential and are neither sold nor passed on to any third parties. Personal data may be disclosed abroad if the legislation of the State concerned or the international body guarantees an adequate level of protection as in Switzerland.

In close collaboration with our web hosting providers we strive to protect our databases as effectively as possible from unauthorized access, loss, misuse and falsification.

When our website is accessed, the following data are saved in logfiles: IP address, date, time, browser request and general information about the visitor’s operating system or browser. These data form the basis for anonymous statistical analyses that enable the Shikishima Foundation to identify trends which it can subsequently use to improve the services we offer.

Data protection statement on the use of third-party tools and cookies

This website uses tools such as Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. (“Google”) or Vimeo. These tools use “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable your website usage to be analysed. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is generally sent to a server abroad, where it is stored. If, however, IP anonymisation is activated for this website, service like Google will only store your IP address in truncated form within a Member State of the European Union or another signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional circumstances may the full IP address be sent to a server abroad and truncated there. Services like Google will use this information to evaluate the way you use the website in order to compile website activity reports for website owners and in order to provide other website and Internet usage-related services. Services like Google will also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law, or if third parties are processing this data on behalf of Google. Google will not combine the IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics with any other data.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the relevant setting in your browser software; however we would like to point out that you cannot use all the functions of this website to their full extent in this case.

By using this website, you agree that the data about you collected by services like Google may be processed, in particular as described above. If you do not agree, please adjust your cookie settings.

Communication

Images and film material sent to the Shikishima Foundation as part of any application or reporting process may be published on the website of the Shikishima Foundation, credited as “provided by the applicant”.

Contact address

Consent to the use of cookies.

For our website to function properly we use cookies. To obtain your valid consent for the use and storage of cookies in the browser you use to access our website and to properly document this we use a consent management platform: CookieFirst. This technology is provided by Digital Data Solutions BV, Plantage Middenlaan 42a, 1018 DH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website: https://cookiefirst.com referred to as CookieFirst.

When you access our website, a connection is established with CookieFirst’s server to give us the possibility to obtain valid consent from you to the use of certain cookies. CookieFirst then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to activate only those cookies to which you have consented and to properly document this. The data processed is stored until the predefined storage period expires or you request to delete the data. Certain mandatory legal storage periods may apply notwithstanding the aforementioned.

CookieFirst is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with CookieFirst. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Server log files

Our website and CookieFirst automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The following data is collected:

  • Your consent status or the withdrawal of consent
  • Your anonymised IP address
  • Information about your Browser
  • Information about your Device
  • The date and time you have visited our website
  • The webpage url where you saved or updated your consent preferences
  • The approximate location of the user that saved their consent preference
  • A universally unique identifier (UUID) of the website visitor that clicked the cookie banner