Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Here you will find our guidelines on how information is collected and used.

General information

Your trust is important to us, which is why we take data protection seriously and ensure appropriate security measures are in place. Our services are, of course, subject to Swiss data protection law and any applicable foreign data protection laws, such as those of the European Union (EU) with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EU recognizes that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection.

climanow.ch only processes personal data that is necessary to provide the services offered by climanow.ch in an effective, user-friendly, permanent, secure, reliable, and high-quality manner. If personal data (name and email address) is collected on our website in this context, this is always done on a voluntary basis. The data for subscribing to the newsletter is passed on to third parties in accordance with this privacy policy.

The responsible body in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is the foundation:

Clima Now

c/o Caminada Treuhand AG Zurich

Riesbachstrasse 61

8008 Zurich

Switzerland

contact@climanow.ch

Your rights as a data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • restriction of data processing if we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR), and
  • data portability, provided that you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

Collection of general information when visiting our website

When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and similar information. This is exclusively information that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

It is processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a problem-free connection to the website,
  • Ensuring the smooth use of our website,
  • Evaluating system security and stability, and
  • For other administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. The general information described above may be statistically evaluated by us in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Personal data

On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us by email and/or via a contact form. To do so, you must provide a valid email address and your name. This is used to assign the request and subsequently respond to it. In this case, the information provided by users is stored for the purpose of processing their contact request.

Online donations: If you make a donation via our website, we store your details for processing and for later marketing purposes. Online donations are processed by RaiseNow AG, Hardturmstrasse 101, 8005 Zurich. The certified e-payment platform has been specially developed for non-profit organizations and charities. RaiseNow guarantees simple and secure credit and debit card payments.

Spotlight vote: Users have the opportunity to vote for climate projects during the Spotlight competition. Votes are cast via an online form, which is protected against misuse by Google ReCaptcha V3 reCAPTCHA; accordingly, Google's privacy policy applies. To cast a vote using the voting form, you must provide your first and last name and email address. To ensure fair competition and protect against fraud, Clima Now also collects information about the operating system and browser used by voters and determines the origin of votes using GeoIP2 based on their IP address. Clima Now uses a local copy of the GeoIP2 Country database provided by MaxMind Inc., 14 Spring Street, 3rd Floor, Waltham, MA 02451, USA. No data is transmitted to MaxMind for this comparison, and IP addresses are stored in anonymized form. Personal data collected during the voting process is automatically deleted after 3 months.

Third-party services

We use third-party services—including those based abroad, including in the United States of America (USA)—to provide our services in an effective, user-friendly, durable, secure, and reliable manner. Such services require your Internet Protocol (IP) address, as otherwise the relevant content cannot be delivered.

Third-party services used on this website:

  • SSL encryption certificate
  • Vimeo (for embedding video examples)
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Google reCAPTCHA v3
  • Meta Pixel
  • LinkedIn (button)
  • Instagram (button)
  • Mailchimp (for the newsletter)
  • Various cookies

The IP address of users is truncated within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area and in the other signatory states to the agreement. Only in individual cases is the IP address first transferred in full to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. This truncation removes the personal reference from your IP address. The IP addresses of users transmitted by the browser are not combined with other data stored by Google.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. This automatically provides us with certain data, such as your IP address, the browser you are using, your operating system, and your connection to the Internet.

Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transfer viruses to a computer. The information contained in cookies enables us to make navigation easier for you and to ensure that our web pages are displayed correctly.

Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are usually set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Storage period and cookies used: If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

If these cookies may (also) relate to personal data, we will inform you about this in the following sections.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Google Analytics

Based on our legitimate interests in optimizing and analyzing our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f. GDPR, this website uses the “Google Analytics” service, which is offered by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). The service (Google Analytics) uses “cookies” – text files that are stored on your device. The information collected by the cookies is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google LLC complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

As part of the agreement on commissioned data processing that we as website operators have concluded with Google Inc., Google uses the collected information to evaluate website usage and website activity and to provide services related to internet usage. The data collected by Google on our behalf is used to evaluate the use of our online offering by individual users, e.g. to create reports on website activity in order to improve our online offering.

You can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting your browser settings accordingly. However, if your browser does not allow cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions.

You can also use a browser plugin to prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to and used by Google Inc. The following link will take you to the relevant plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, your email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

Registration for our newsletter takes place in a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registering, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with someone else's email address.

Newsletter registrations are logged in order to be able to verify the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes storing the time of registration and confirmation, as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored with MailChimp are also logged.

Use of the mailing service provider “MailChimp”

The newsletter is sent using “MailChimp,” a newsletter mailing platform provided by the US company Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.