Privacy Policy

Persons
Max Hirt, Quaestor ALEA
Noah Hirschi, Actuary ALEA

General information

In accordance with Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DSG), everyone has the right to privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data. We take the protection of your personal information very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

We work with our hosting provider to protect the databases from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) may not be secure. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data in the manner described below. The use of this website is generally possible without registration. Data such as the pages accessed or the names of the files accessed, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without being directly linked to your person. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail address) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

Processing of personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. A data subject is a person about whom personal data are processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular storage, disclosure, retrieval, erasure, recording, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law for the period of time necessary to achieve the respective purpose(s). If we are required to retain data for a longer period of time due to legal or other obligations, we will limit processing accordingly.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that allow user-specific information to be stored on the user's terminal device during use of the website. Cookies make it possible to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages, to analyse patterns of use of the pages and to make our website more user-friendly. Cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be retrieved the next time you visit the site. If you do not wish this to happen, you can set your internet browser to refuse cookies. Please note that in this case you will not be able to use the full functionality of our online offer.

SSL/TLS Encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security purposes and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser address bar changing from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock icon in your browser address bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the information you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

Contact and Registration Form

If you send us an enquiry using the contact or registration form, we will store your details from the enquiry form, including the information you provide there, for the purposes of processing the enquiry and any follow-up questions. This information will not be shared with third parties without your consent.

Third party services

Joomla

This website is based on Joomla, which uses cookies for basic functionality. These cookies are not used to track users and we do not collect any information about them.

Discord

We use Discord (444 De Haro Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) as the main communication platform for our association. Please note that anything you post on Discord is considered public.

For more information, please see Discord's privacy policy:
https://discord.com/privacy

Spreadshirt

We use Spreadshirt (Gießerstraße 27, 04229 Leipzig, Germany) as our supplier of clothing and accessories. Spreadshirt handles production, payment and shipping. When you buy an item from our Spreadshirt shop, you are buying directly from Spreadshirt. Spreadshirt does not share any customer information with us.

You can find more information in Spreadshirt's privacy policy:
https://www.spreadshirt.ch/datenschutz-C3928

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland). This enables us to display interactive maps directly on the website and to provide you with a convenient way to use the maps feature. By using the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the relevant sub-section of our website. This happens whether you have set up a Google Account and are signed in, or whether you do not have an account. If you are signed in to Google, your information will be associated with your account. If you do not want your information associated with your Google profile, you must opt out of Google. Google will store your information in the form of a usage profile and use it for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or tailoring the website to your needs. In particular, this analysis is used (also for users who are not logged in) to provide relevant advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website.

For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Google, as well as more information about your rights and Google's privacy practices, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

OpenStreetMap

This website uses OpenStreetMap from the OpenStreetMap Foundation (St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and to use the map function conveniently. OpenStreetMap does not collect any personal information about you.

You can find out more about OpenStreetMap's privacy policy here:
https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy

Google reCAPTCHA

This website uses the reCAPTCHA service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland). The purpose of the query is to determine whether the input was made by a human being or by an automated machine. The query includes the transmission of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. Your input will be transmitted to and used by Google for this purpose. However, your IP address will be shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA where it will be abbreviated. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website. Google will not associate the IP address transmitted by your browser using reCAPTCHA with any other data held by Google. Your data may also be transferred to the USA.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and its privacy policy, please visit:
https://policies.google.com/privacy.

BoardGameGeek

This website uses BoardGameGeek web widgets from BoardGameGeek LLC (4510 Duncanville Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, US) to display and manage our game collection and game sessions.

For more information about BoardGameGeek's privacy policy, please visit:
https://boardgamegeek.com/privacy.

Social Media

We maintain a presence on Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) and YouTube (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) and process user data in this context in order to communicate with users active there or to offer information about us. We do not have any knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to Instagram and YouTube.

You can find more information about the privacy policies of Instagram and YouTube here:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy and https://policies.google.com/u/1/privacy.

Changes

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. The most recent version posted on our website will apply. If the Privacy Policy forms part of an agreement with you, we will notify you of the change by email or other appropriate means when the Privacy Policy is updated.