Data protection

Server logs

greenworlddiamonds.ch automatically collects and stores information in its server log files that your browser transmits to us. These are

• Browser type/version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
• Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
• Time of the server request.

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources; in the event of an error, the data is used to understand how the error occurred in order to rectify it and is regularly checked to detect systematic attacks on the website.

Liability for links

References and links to third-party websites are outside our area of responsibility. Any responsibility for such websites is rejected. Access to and use of such websites is at the user’s own risk.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this website may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites can collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking services from third parties and record your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content, if you have an account and are logged in to this website.

We embed content from vimeo.com, instagram.com, activecampaign.com and google.com, among others. Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective website.

If you do not agree with these, please use a content blocker add-on for your browser to prevent the embedding of the relevant content.

Comments

When visitors write comments on the website, we collect the data that is displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and the user agent string (this is used to identify the browser) to support spam detection .

An anonymized string of characters (also called a hash) can be created from your e-mail address and sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. You can find the data protection declaration of the Gravatar service here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment has been approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.

media

If you are a registered user and you upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos with an EXIF GPS location. Visitors to this website can download photos stored on this website and extract their location information.

Cookies

If you write a comment on our website, this can be a consent to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is a convenience function so that you do not have to re-enter all this data if you write another comment. These cookies are stored for a year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set up some cookies to save your login information and display options. Login cookies expire after two days and cookies for the display options after one year. If you choose “Stay signed in” when registering, your registration will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies are deleted.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and only refers to the post ID of the article you have just edited. The cookie expires after one day.

A cookie is also used to store whether you allow the use of Google Analytics.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data about your purchases will only be communicated to the obvious parties for business purposes (for example, your address will be communicated to the shipping service provider for shipping, the product you have purchased may be communicated to the

Further data is shared with Google, as well as with ActiveCampaign, see the relevant sections in this privacy policy.

How long we keep your data

If you write a comment, it will be saved indefinitely, including metadata. In this way, we can automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, we also save the personal information that they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, change or delete their personal information at any time (the user name cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and change this information.

What rights you have to your data

If you have an account on this website or have written comments, you can request an export of your personal data from us, including all data that you have given us. In addition, you can request the deletion of all personal data that we have stored about you. This does not include the data that we have to keep for administrative, legal or security reasons.

Where do we send your data to

Visitor comments could be checked by an automated spam detection service.

Newsletter – ActiveCampaign

The following information explains the content of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch and statistical evaluation procedure and your rights of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and to the procedures described.

The newsletter is sent using ActiveCampaign, a service for our email marketing. The service provider is the American company ActiveCampaign, 1 N Dearborn St 5th floor, Chicago, IL 60602, USA.

ActiveCampaign also processes your data in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that, in the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for data transfers to the USA. This may entail various risks for the legality and security of data processing.

Through standard contractual clauses, ActiveCampaign undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the USA. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission.

You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among others: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de

You can find more information about the standard contractual clauses at ActiveCampaign and about the data processed through the use of ActiveCampaign at https://www.activecampaign.com/legal/gdpr-updates/privacy-shield or at https://www.activecampaign.com/legal/scc

By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree that your e-mail address, including your name if applicable, may be managed accordingly by ActiveCampaign. You have the right to request deletion at any time; use the contact details above to do so.

Privacy policy for the use of 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. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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. 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. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.