Privacy Policy of Unwetterzentrale
Last
updated: July 5, 2022
1
Introduction
1.1
This
Privacy Policy (“Policy”)
for the “Unwetterzentrale” Website including Web Portal and Mobile Website (hereinafter
equally referred to as “Website”) is made available by DTN Schweiz AG
(referred to as “DTN”,
“we” or “us”). DTN Schweiz AG is part of a
group of companies working under the ‘DTN’ label. The processing of Personal Data
(as defined below) by the Website is primarily set out in DTN’s
External Privacy Statement
(“DTN
Policy”), which is incorporated herein.
The Policy in addition sets out how the processing of Personal Data would
differ from the practices as set out in the DTN Policy (where this applies) and
provides additional information where necessary.
1.2
Certain
definitions, words that are written with a capital letter, that are used in
this Policy originate from the DTN Policy. This means that you are requested to
review the DTN Policy to understand their explanation.
1.3
In
case of any conflict between the DTN Policy and the Policy, the Policy
prevails.
1.4
This Policy is meant to inform all users of the Unwetterzentrale
Website (“Users”) of our privacy practices. In case of any
questions, you may contact us via the details as provided in the Policy.
2
Personal Data
2.1
We
work with the following definition of “Personal Data”: all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural
person. An identifiable natural person is the one who can be identified
directly or indirectly, in particular by a reference
to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an
online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical,
psychological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that
natural person.
3
Data controller
3.1
The
data controller for the processing of Personal Data through the Website is:
DTN Schweiz AG (“DTN”), Gaiserstrasse 47, 9050 Appenzell, Switzerland registered at Appenzell Innerrhoden number (UID): CHE-106.725.065.
4
Data Protection
Officer
4.1
DTN
has appointed a contact person to direct your questions on
privacy or the rights you may have to:
DTN
Att. Sylvia van Zijderveld
P.O. Box 24092,
3502 MB Utrecht, The Netherlands
4.2
Or email privacy@dtn.com. Please note that the legal department of DTN also receives
a copy of your message via this email address. We aim to respond within 30 days
from the date we receive privacy-related
communications.
4.3
For the companies of DTN
that are established within the European Economic Area, this contact person is
formally appointed as “Data Protection
Officer” as set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
5
How and What
Personal Data and information we process
5.1
We
may process, store and use the following categories of
Personal Data
where such is necessary:
5.1.1
User
e-mail;
5.1.2
User contact information such as SMS, email, fax and pager messages;
5.1.3
User
credentials and user authentication information;
5.1.4
Service
data (email address, content of feedback and inquiries, support tickets, emails
with or to us);
5.1.5
Location
information of device;
5.1.6
Unique device identifiers
for advertising and displaying ads;
5.1.7
Device
internet protocol (IP) address;
5.1.8
Device
Version;
5.1.9
Device
Operating System;
5.1.10
The
Personal Data on your use of the Website via analytics websites (automatically);
5.1.11
All
Personal Data you provide to us and for which we have determined the purposes
and the means.
5.2
Should
you choose to share further Personal Data via the use of the Website that is
not in line with the practices as set out in the Policy and DTN Policy, DTN is not responsible for the processing of such Personal Data in any
way.
5.3
Through
the Website, DTN does not endeavour to collect any special categories of
Personal Data or any sensitive Personal Data.
5.4
Personal Data and
further information is collected via the following
sources
Personal
Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of data on usage of the Website,
collected automatically when using the Website.
5.5
Location
Information
We
do not use your location information directly via this Website. However, we may
use your location information to provide requested location-specific services
and radar maps by redirecting you to our Wetter24 Website. By default,
permission to use your location information must be granted by the User. If we
ask your location, the consent request is prompted from the browser. Once the
permission has been given, it can be revoked by the User at any time.
5.6
Service data
DTN
may collect service data to operate and improve services, help Users access and use the Website, respond to User inquiries
and send communications related to Website. Unwetterzentrale service data is
processed and stored in or transmitted via Zendesk Helpdesk software.
DTN retains ownership of and control over User service data in Zendesk. We
encourage you to review Zendesk’s privacy policy, available via:
https://www.zendesk.nl/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/
5.7
Platform data
DTN may collect service data to operate and improve
the Platforms, help Users access and use the
Platforms, respond to User inquiries and send communications related to our
Platforms.
5.8
Analytics
We
automatically collect Personal Data by using the analytics tools Google Analytics
to analyse trends, administer and improve our services, and track Users’
movements around the Website on our behalf. This information will be collected
as aggregated anonymous information. The companies that provide these analytics
tools may collect and use information under their own privacy policies, which
we encourage you to review. For more information about Google Analytics and its
privacy policy, please visit the Google Analytics privacy page and/or
the Google Partners’ Page. You may
opt-out of the processing by Google Analytics by following the instructions on
the Google Analytics Web Monitoring
Opt-Out page.
5.9
Advertising and
marketing services
We may request or may have requested you in the past
to send you marketing communications regarding your account or the Website. Permission to send marketing messages must be
granted or has been granted in the past by the User and can be revoked by the
User at any time. If you wish to opt-out from receiving these types of
communications, you may turn them off in your device’s settings or use the
opt-out option provided in our marketing communications.
We use the online
advertising services Google Ad Manager, DoubleClick as well as Plista and Publift to present you with
advertisements targeted to your interests.
The Google
privacy policy regarding advertising is available via:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/technologies/ads.
The DoubleClick
privacy policy regarding advertising is available via:
https://doubleclick.design/privacy-policy/
The Plista
privacy policy regarding advertising is available via:
https://www.plista.com/about/privacy
The Publift
privacy policy regarding advertising is available via:
https://www.publift.com/privacy-policy
5.10
Cookies and
tracking technologies
We
only use cookies for session management. For further information we
refer to the DTN Cookie
Statement .
The
Website may also contain cookies or similar techniques, placed by third
parties, to collect information
and improve the services, such as analysing the use of the Website via Google
Analytics as described above.
The cookies set by DoubleClick,
Plista and Google Ad Manager are used for serving targeted advertisements that
are relevant to you across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to
you based on your previous visits to this Website. For example, advertisements
about a topic you have expressed an interest in while browsing our site may be
displayed to you across the web. In addition, these cookies measure the
conversion rate of ads presented to the user.
For further details on cookies used in
the Unwetterzentrale Website or on the device’s web browser, please see the
table below. For further information we refer to the DTN Cookie
Statement .
Cookie name |
Domain |
Type |
Description |
Duration |
NID |
.google.com |
Advertisement |
This cookie is used to a
profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. |
6 months |
test_cookie |
.doubleclick.net |
Advertisement |
This cookie is set by doubleclick.net.
The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports
cookies. |
15 minutes |
SERVERID |
www.unwetterzentrale.de |
Necessary |
This cookie is used to assign
the user to a specific server, thus to provide a improved and faster server time. It remembers which
server had delivered the last page on to the browser. It also helps in load
balancing. |
session |
AWSALBCORS |
.unwetterzentrale.de |
Necessary |
This cookie is used for load
balancing services provided by Amazon in order to
optimize the user experience. Amazon has updated the ALB and CLB so that
customers can continue to use the CORS request with stickness. |
7 days |
AWSALB |
www.unwetterzentrale.de |
Other |
AWSALB is a cookie generated by
the Application load balancer in the Amazon Web Services. It works slightly
different from AWSELB. |
7 days |
FCCDCF |
.unwetterzentrale.de |
Other |
Google Funding Choices |
12 hours |
FCNEC |
.unwetterzentrale.de |
Other |
Google Funding Choices |
1 year |
__utma |
.unwetterzentrale.de |
Performance |
This cookie is set by Google
Analytics and is used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is
created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is
sent to Google Analytics. |
2 years |
__utmc |
.unwetterzentrale.de |
Performance |
The cookie is set by Google
Analytics and is deleted when the user closes the browser. The cookie is not used
by ga.js. The cookie is used to enable interoperability with urchin.js which
is an older version of Google analytics and used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. |
session |
__utmz |
.unwetterzentrale.de |
Performance |
This cookie is set by Google
analytics and is used to store the traffic source or campaign through which
the visitor reached your site. |
6 months |
__utmt |
.unwetterzentrale.de |
Performance |
The cookie is set by Google
Analytics and is used to throttle request rate. |
10 minutes |
__utmb |
.unwetterzentrale.de |
Performance |
The cookie is set by Google
Analytics. The cookie is used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is
created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is
sent to Google Analytics. |
30 minutes |
_ga |
.Unwetterzentrale.de |
Analytics |
This cookie is installed by
Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign
data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The
cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number
to identify unique visitors. |
2 years |
_gid |
.Unwetterzentrale.de |
Analytics |
This cookie is installed by
Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use
a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is
doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they
have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. |
1 day |
_dlt |
.Unwetterzentrale.de |
Other |
Quantcast ID for the session |
session |
6
How We Use Personal Data – purposes of processing
6.1
We process your Personal
Data for the following purposes:
6.1.1
Allowing us to provide the Website
and connected services to you, such as by allowing you to retrieve information
based on a location as provided by you, to allow you to store and track
information about you and your business and to manage your inventory, and to
allow you to use the Website and connected services;
6.1.2
Allowing us to provides SMS, email,
fax and pager messages to you when there is a severe weather event.
6.1.3
To allow you to set the
language and other preferences in the Website;
6.1.4
To comply with our legal obligations;
6.1.5
To analyse the use of the Website;
6.1.6
To be able to communicate
with you and to answer any questions you might have;
6.1.7
Allowing us to enable
trouble shooting including diagnostics logging and debugging, user database
management and infrastructure monitoring;
6.1.8
To allow us to improve the
performance of the Website and connected services;
6.1.9
Allowing us to notify you of
updates to the Website and offer new products, services, mobile Websites,
and/or recommendations to you.
6.1.10
Allowing us to serve targeted advertisements that are relevant to
you across the web.
6.2
We will only use Personal
Data for the purposes which we collected it for. It may however be possible
that we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another purpose, which
is compatible with the initial purpose. If we need to use your Personal Data
for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you.
6.3
Your Personal Data is not
sold to any third party or shared with third parties without your permission,
other than for the limited exceptions and purposes in this Policy and the DTN
Policy or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
7
Legal grounds
7.1
We
may rely on the following legal grounds when we process your Personal Data:
7.1.1
To
perform the contract as we have entered into with you, concerning the safe and
reliable access to and use of the Website (art. 6(1)(b) GDPR);
7.1.2
To
comply with a legal obligation to which DTN is subject (art. 6(1)(c)
GDPR);
7.1.3
For
the purposes of legitimate interests as pursued by DTN (art. 6(1)(f)
GDPR). These legitimate interests include: to analyse the use of the Website,
to be able to communicate with you, to deliver our connected services, to
enable trouble shooting including diagnostics logging and
debugging, user database management, infrastructure monitoring, to
respond to customer service requests, allowing us to send notifications,
targeted advertisements,
and allowing us to improve the performance of the Website and connected
services.
8
Recipients of
Personal Data
8.1
In
addition to DTN, in some cases, the Personal Data may be
accessible by external parties (such as third-party technical service
providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications
agencies) appointed, if necessary, as data processors (as stipulated in the
GDPR) by DTN. For third-party service providers receiving Personal Data to
support the Platforms and our internal business operations please see the table
below.
Recipients |
Purpose |
Plista |
Targeted advertising. |
DoubleClick |
Targeted advertising. |
Google Ad Manager |
Targeted advertising. |
Google Analytics |
Analysing trends and improve our Web services. |
AWS |
Hosting of databases (user data is stored in MySQL database hosted on
AWS) |
Further categories of recipients are indicated
in Table 1 of our global DTN External Privacy Statement. |
8.2
With
your consent, and with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share
your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by
law.
8.3
Third-Party Plugins
and Enhancements
In order to provide the Services and Platforms we may utilize third-part
plug-ins and enhancements (for e.g. social media plugins).
We do not share information with these third-party plug-in providers and do not
control what, if any, Personal Data they collect or how they use it. Your usage
of our Platforms and Services may result in you sharing your Personal Data with
one of these third parties. Any data collection by these third parties is
governed by the relevant third party and not by us. For a list of third-party
enhancement and plug-in providers as of the date of this posting, please see
the table below. Because your interaction with these third parties may not be
readily apparent, we encourage you to view all of
their respective privacy policies prior to utilizing our Services or Platforms.
Enhancement/Plugin Provider |
Purpose |
Facebook |
Social Media |
Twitter |
Social Media |
9
Transfer of
Personal Data
9.1
Personal
Data that is generated through the use of the Website
may be stored on locations other than where it was initially collected. When
transferred, we will ensure the DTN Policy and applicable laws and
legislations, such as the GDPR, are complied with. Where applicable, you may
obtain a copy of the applicable safeguards. Please consult the DTN Policy for
more information.
10
Retention
10.1
DTN
will retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary for the purposes we collect
it for.
Session data: Personal Data that is collected only to be used
during one session of using the Website, this Personal Data may only be
available during the session;
10.2
For
further specific retention times, please consult the DTN Policy.
11
Security Measures
11.1
DTN
takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure,
modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Personal Data. Please consult
the DTN Policy
for more information.
12
Your Obligations
and Rights
12.1
Under
circumstances, you have the right of access, rectification, erasure,
restriction of and objection to processing of Personal Data, the right to data
portability, the right to withdraw any consent at any time without affecting
the lawfulness of processing based on consent before such withdrawal and the
right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
12.2
To
invoke your rights please be referred to section 17 of the DTN Policy .
You may contact us by using the information provided in this Policy or the DTN
Policy.
12.3
Unless specified otherwise,
Personal Data requested when using the Website is voluntary, which means that
it is not a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to
enter into a contract. Users are free not to provide
such Personal Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning
of the Website or connected services. Where the provision of Personal Data is
mandatory, such requirement is stated. In that case, failure to provide such
Personal Data may make it impossible for the Website to work properly or for us
the provide any connected services to you.
12.4
DTN
does not conduct any automated decision making through or for the Website,
including profiling.
13
Policy Changes
& Updating Information
13.1
DTN reserves the
right to modify this Policy whenever the need arises. Updates to this Policy
will be posted to the Website in a timely manner. When such updates are made,
the “last updated” date at the top of this Policy will be modified. This policy
is not a contractual agreement and does not provide you with any legal right.
Unless otherwise specified, the Website, its content, and its domain name and
URLs are the sole property of DTN.
14
Questions
14.1
Should you have any
questions, you may contact us via the following details:
DTN Schweiz AG
ATTN: Privacy/Marketing
Gaiserstrasse 47
9050 Appenzell, Switzerland
Email: privacy@dtn.com
14.2
DTN will investigate and attempt to resolve
complaints and disputes regarding use and disclosure of Personal Data by
reference to the principles contained in this Policy.
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