Data protection
Legislation
As a Foundation located in Switzerland, we are required to comply with Swiss data protection legislation.
We collect as little personal data as possible, keep it for as short a time as possible and guarantee its protection.
Who are we?
Our website address is https://domainepourtales.ch.
Corporate name: Fondation de l'Hôpital Pourtalès
IDE NUMBER : CHE-110.169.865 Direct link
Address: Rue du Môle 1, 2000 Neuchâtel
Manager: Loïc Veillard
Email address : info@domainepourtales.ch
Who is also likely to have access to personal data?
The site is hosted by Infomaniak SA https://infomaniak.ch
The website was designed by Yetinc Sàrl. https://yetinc.ch
These two companies are obliged to comply with the same personal data protection obligations, as established by contract.
Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, the data entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and your browser's user agent, are collected to help us detect undesirable comments.
It should be remembered here that the data subject is responsible for the data he or she includes in the comments and is advised not to include any sensitive information.
An anonymised string created from your e-mail address (also known as a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service's confidentiality clauses are available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment has been validated, your profile photo will be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the site, we advise you to avoid uploading images containing EXIF data of GPS coordinates. People visiting your site may download and extract location data from these images.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you will be asked to save your name, e-mail address and site in cookies. This is purely for your convenience, so that you do not have to enter this information if you leave another comment at a later date. These cookies expire after one year.
If you go to the login page, a temporary cookie will be created to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be deleted automatically when you close your browser.
When you log on, we will set a number of cookies to record your login information and screen preferences. The lifetime of a connection cookie is two days, that of a screen option cookie is one year. If you tick "Remember me", your connection cookie will be kept for a fortnight. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be deleted.
By modifying or publishing a publication, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data. It simply indicates the ID of the publication you have just modified. It expires after one day.
We do not use Web beacons.
Embedded content from other sites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were visiting that other site.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools and track your interactions with this embedded content if you have an account connected to their website.
At all times, access to a third-party site is not made without the knowledge of the person concerned and you will be able to express your opinion on the use of cookies by this third-party site.
Storage periods for your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This allows subsequent comments to be automatically recognised and approved instead of being left in the moderation queue.
For accounts that register on our site (where applicable), we also store the personal data indicated in their profile:
Surname, first name, address, postcode, town.
All accounts can view, modify or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their login). Site managers can also view and modify this information.
The rights you have over your data
If you have an account or if you have left comments on the site, you may request to receive a file containing all the personal data we hold about you, including that which you have provided to us. You may also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data stored for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Generally speaking, the rights of data subjects include the right to information, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, recourse, portability, lodging a complaint and revocation of consent.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments can be checked using an automated spam detection service. We use the Akismet service to combat spam.