Data privacy

Protecting the privacy of clients is a high priority for Life Science Communication AG. Here you can find out according to which principles Life Science Communication AG collects and processes personal data via this website. The subject of this data protection declaration is the collection, processing and use of data by the website of Life Science Communication AG.

Hosting

This website is hosted by Hostpoint AG in Rapperswil-Jona. At Hostpoint AG, web server log files with the following information are created as standard for each access to the website:

  • IP address (address of the device used),
  • Date and time including time zone (timestamp),
  • contents called up (pages, pictures, etc.),
  • the amount of data transferred,
  • Origin of the visitor (referer),
  • operating system used, including version,
  • browser used, including version (user agent).

The log files are used to detect technical problems and to ensure security. These data do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about individual persons.

Codification

The website uses a security certificate. This encrypts the connections between the website and the visitors. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the lock symbol in the address line of the browser and by the fact that the address of the website starts with https:// instead of http://

Cookies

In order to simplify access to the contents for the user, this website uses so-called cookies (e.g. for automatic language selection). Cookies can store various data and provide additional functionalities. When cookies are used, they do not collect any personally identifiable information unless the user has given his express consent. The user consents to the use of cookies by Life Science Communication AG and is informed that he can refuse the acceptance of cookies by means of a corresponding setting on his computer. Blocking cookies can prevent the webpage from displaying correctly.

Cookies

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. “(“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “gtag(‘config’,'<GA_TRACKING_ID>’,{‘anonymize_ip’:true});” to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is stored by activating IP anonymization on this website, within member states of the European Union or in other states 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 and shortened there.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website and Internet use. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link.

Learn more about Google’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Social plugins

This website uses so-called “social plug-ins” (hereinafter: plug-ins) from social networks on the Internet. These plug-ins are displayed with the logo of the corresponding network. When you visit a website with such a plug-in, a direct connection is established with the servers of the corresponding social network. If you are logged in to this network at this time with user name and password, it will automatically be informed that you are visiting our website. This information can be assigned to your user account there. Even if you interact with plug-ins (such as “Like” or “Share” on Facebook or “Tweet This” on Twitter), the content of our pages is linked to your profile on the social network. Other users of the network can learn about this interaction. Life Science Communication AG is neither somehow connected with third party operators whose websites are integrated by means of plug-ins, nor somehow responsible for them. If you are not a member of the Social Network or are not logged in there, it is still possible that your IP address will be transmitted and stored there. Specific data protection guidelines and liability regulations apply to third-party websites integrated via plug-ins. The storage and use of your data by these site operators may exceed the scope of the data protection declaration of Life Science Communication AG. Life Science Communication AG has no knowledge of the purpose and scope of data collection and of the further processing and use of the data – nor does it have any influence on it. You should therefore inform yourself about the data protection guidelines of the third party operators. On the website we use the following plugins: Facebook and Twitter. If you do not want social networks to collect data about you via active plug-ins, you can select the “Block third party cookies” function in your browser settings.

Collection and processing of personal data

Personal data such as name, address, telephone number or e-mail address are only collected if these details are provided voluntarily by the sender, e.g. as part of a registration for the newsletter. Life Science Communication AG uses the personal data provided exclusively to fulfil the wishes and requirements expressed by the sender.

Newsletter

The newsletter of Life Science Communication AG can be traced back to whether it was successfully delivered, whether and when the newsletter was opened by which recipient and which links in the newsletter were called up by the recipient. This personal data is stored and evaluated in order to optimise the sending of newsletters. The personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

Right to information

Upon written request, we will inform you which personal data we have stored about you. Furthermore, you have the right to block, correct and delete your data.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this privacy statement or the processing of your data, please contact us:

Life Science Communication AG
Reitergasse 11
CH-8004 Zurich

Telephone: +41 43 266 88 55
E-Mail: info@lscom.com