Privacy policy

This data protection declaration informs you about the nature, scope and purpose of the Collection and use of personal data on our website https://whm-fmf.ch (in the website ») by the WHM Foundation (hereinafter referred to as « we » or « us ») and provides information about the rights to which you are entitled. These rights are governed by the applicable Data protection laws.

Person responsible for data processing

Person responsible for data processing on this website and contact person for Privacy concern is:

WHM Foundation
Weissenbühlweg 8
3007 Bern
031 371 84 04
info@whm-fmf.ch
www.whm-fmf.ch

Data collection on this website

Website use

When you visit our website, general technical visit information is automatically recorded. This is in particular the following information: page visited, time at the time of access, amount of data sent in bytes, source/references, from where you came to the page, browser and version used, operating system used, IP address used. Furthermore, our website uses cookies, which are indispensable for the operation of our website (i.e. technically necessary cookies). Beyond that, we do not use cookies or analysis tools. All data is generally not used for any purpose other than the operation of our website. It may be that certain data is processed for security reasons (e.g. to clarify cases of abuse). If data must be retained for evidentiary reasons, it will be stored until the incident has been finally clarified.

Privacy and third party websites

The website may contain hyperlinks to and from third-party websites. If you follow a hyperlink to one of these websites, please note that we cannot accept any responsibility or warranty for third-party content or data protection conditions. Please make sure you are aware of the applicable data protection conditions before submitting personal data to these websites.

Registration courses

When you register for a course on our website, the information you enter will be Information stored. We collect the following information:

First and last name
Specialist title
GLN number
E-mail address
Address
Phone number

We use the data to process your registration. Provided that the DSGVO is applicable, the basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and f GDPR.

Disclosure of data to third parties

So that we can offer you the information on our website, we work with various service providers, namely with IT service providers, in order to provide you with an to be able to offer you a modern website. These use your data only in the context of Order processing for us.

For the purpose of quality assurance of the register of certified continuing education centers, a data reconciliation with the SIWF takes place. In doing so, the WHM Foundation only passes on the data required for this purpose. Data processing is carried out in accordance with the data protection regulations of the SIWF (https://siwf.ch/_service/datenschutzerklaerung.cfm).

We do not transfer data to entities outside of Switzerland and the European Union (third country) without your consent only if this is required under the respective contract, to fulfill legal obligations or to protect our legitimate interests.

Your rights

To the extent provided for by the data protection law applicable to you, you may request information free of charge about the data stored relating to you, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing. You also have the right, under the legal conditions, to rectification, deletion, restriction of or objection to processing and, if the GDPR applies, to the surrender of this data for transfer to another body.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. For this purpose, an informal message by e-mail to info@whm-fmf.ch is sufficient.

Please note that the foregoing rights are subject to legal restrictions and may interfere with or make impossible the provision of our services.

You are entitled to enforce your claims in court or to file a complaint with the competent data protection authority. For Switzerland, the Federal Privacy and Public Information Commissioner responsible (http://www.edoeb.admin.ch).

Actuality and change of this privacy policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. A current version is available on the website. Please visit the website regularly and inform yourself about the applicable privacy policy.

Last modified: August 2, 2023