Protecting your privacy and, in particular, your personal data is very important to us. When we receive your data through the website and via email, we comply with Swiss data protection and telecommunications legislation.
We save various types of information when you visit our website. These are:
- Your personal data (such as your name and contact details) which you enter yourself
- IP addresses, but only anonymous data (operating system details, browser version, etc.).
We use your data to constantly adapt and improve the Portal, in order to optimize our services. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. We may release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be used by other parties providing services (Google Analytics) to our site for optimization and statistic uses.
Right to Information
If you would like information on data relating to your person that has been collected and processed, if you want such data to be corrected, destroyed, or blocked, please contact the Delegate for Data Protection at the following address: bbp.privacy@epfl.ch
Cookies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service provider systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. The Portal website uses cookies to optimize its services and save your preferences for future visits. 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.