Data Protection
Web analysis services and cookies
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by 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. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. 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. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
You may find further information on terms of use and privacy policy visiting the following links Google Analytics Terms of Service and Google Analytics Overview.
We want to point out that Google Analytics has been expanded by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();"” for guaranteeing an anonymous collection of the IP-addresses (so-called IP-masking).
On our Website we are using Facebook Pixel, a conversion tool of Facebook Incorporated, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Facebook is collecting information about your surf behavior thanks to an implemented code as soon as you click on a Facebook ad. We use this tool for marketing reasons, offer optimization and to understand how you are using our website. We receive your information anonymized and/or pseudonymized. Therefore, we do not have access to your personal data. We reserve the right to change the service provider if necessary.
We do not have any influence on the use of your data by Facebook. More information about the protection of your privacy you can find on Facebook.
Furthermore, you can edit the use of your data for marketing reasons in your Facebook profile settings.
Use of AddThis plugin
On this website, plugins are used, which are provided by the bookmark service AddThis LLC, 1595 Spring Hill Rd, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182, USA (referred to as "AddThis"). You can find an overview of the Addthis plugins and their appearance at the following link: https://www.addthis.com/get/sharing.
If you invoke a page on this website, which contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and a server of AddThis in the United States. The information that you have visited this page using your IP address will be sent directly to the server of AddThis by your browser and saved there. Cookies may be used for this purpose. AddThis uses the data to generate anonymous user profiles, which serve as the basis for a personalized and interest-based advertising approach to visitors of web pages with AddThis plugins.
You may find the privacy policy of AddThis, which provides further details about AddThis collecting and utilizing data, about your rights in this respect and about your setting options to protect your privacy under http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy.
If you want to object to the collection of data by AddThis with respect to subsequent services, you can set a so-called opt-out cookie, which you can download at the following link: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out.
RaiseNow
The RaiseNow donation platform is the secure and easy way to pay and donate online. It has been developed specially for charitable organisations, and we also use it on our website. RaiseNow guarantees secure, straightforward payments by credit and debit cards, for both the Ruedi Lüthy Foundation and for you as the cardholder. Please note the RaiseNow privacy policy.