Privacy Policy
Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Constitution and the provisions of the Swiss Data Protection Act, each person has the right to have his or her privacy protected and each person has the right to be protected from the misuse of personal information. The VLS complies with these provisions. Personal information is treated strictly confidential. It is only used for the purpose specified by the operator or for the purposes specified by the content of the website. In addition, personal information is not sold or transmitted to third parties without your consent with the exception of any disclosure to government agencies based on court orders or mandated in criminal investigations.
However, it cannot be guaranteed that information or personal data transmitted to us in encrypted form cannot be viewed by any third party. If data are transmitted to external service providers within the framework of order data processing, then these third parties are contractually bound to the Data Protection Act and these data protection provisions, particularly to the operator's duty to confidentiality.
In cooperation with our hosting providers, we try to protect the data bases as good as possible from third party access, losses, misuse or forgery. The VLS reserves itself the right to store limited records on the use of this website (IP address, date, time, browser query and generally transmitted information on the operating system resp. the browser) for statistical analyses.
This user information forms the basis for statistical, anonymous analyses so that trends become recognizable, based on which the VLS can improve its services accordingly.In accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Monitoring Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (BÜPF), there is a legal mandate to store connection data of the past six months.
You can opt to have your e-mail address kept in a separate data base, which is not linked to the anonymous log files. In addition, you have the opportunity to cancel your registration at any time.
Use of Cookies
During an online session, cookies collect text information and store it in a special file in the ASCII format (cookie.txt) on the hard drive of the user. The location, where the cookie is stored at the user, is controlled by the user's Internet browser. Cookies are information, which is resent to the server during the next online visit. They can only be read from the server, which stored them previously. The VLS only utilizes cookies, if they are urgently required for user functions or for smoother navigation of the website. This information is not provided to any third party because cookies are only used for the above-referenced purposes. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies automatically. However, this feature can be deactivated in your browser at any time. You can set your browser to be notified as soon as cookies are sent.
Jurisdiction/Applicable
Law The use of this website is governed exclusively by Swiss Law. Exclusive jurisdiction for any disputes in connection with the use of this website shall be the place of the operator's registered office.
Copyright
The copyright is owned by the Verband Liegenschaften Schweiz. The information contained on the website of VLS are made publicly accessible. No rights on the contents are granted by downloading or copying contents, images, photos or other files. The copyrights and all other rights on contents, images, photos or other files on the website of VLS belong solely to VLS or the specifically named owners of the IP rights. To reproduce any elements requires the prior written consent of the copyright owner.
