Data protection

The University of Basel places great importance on the protection of personal data. Personal data is any data related to you personally, such as your name, address, email, telephone number, photo, user behaviour, IP address, etc.

The aim of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about which data the University Library Basel collects from you when you use the website ub.unibas.ch, as well as how it processes and discloses this data, the purpose for which the data is collected and the measures that the University of Basel takes to ensure the security of this data. This Privacy Policy also explains your rights.

The use of certain features of our website ub.unibas.ch, in particular, subscribing to the newsletter and completing contact forms, may require the collection, processing and long-term storage of personal data, such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. We process this data in accordance with Art. 9 of the Canton of Basel-Stadt’s Information and Data Privacy Act (IDPA) and the corresponding university regulations.

• If and to the extent that the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, we process the data:
• on the basis of legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) or in the public interest (Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR)
• on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
• for the performance of a contract and for appropriate pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR)
• to safeguard our own legitimate interests or those of third parties (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
• in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person (Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR)

You may revoke any consent you may have granted us for particular services at any time with future effect. Any personal data that has already been collected will be deleted if it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. If there are legal or contractual reasons that prevent the data from being deleted, the data will be blocked instead.

If you would like us to fully delete your personal data, please contact: datenschutz@clutterunibas.ch

For security reasons, e.g. to investigate cases of misuse and to secure our network infrastructure, certain access data is automatically collected when the ub.unibas.ch website is accessed, and stored in a web server log file on the University of Basel’s servers for a period of four months. In the event of an attack on our network infrastructure, it may be necessary to store these files longer as evidence and for any civil or criminal proceedings against the attacker. The following access data is collected:

• website visited
• date and time accessed
• browser used
• operating system used
• IP address

No social media plugins are integrated.

The University of Basel uses technical and organisational security measures to ensure that the data it collects and processes via the ub.unibas.ch website

• remains confidential and is protected against accidental or unlawful access, amendment or disclosure as well as loss or destruction; and
  
• is accessible solely on a need-to-know basis by those persons who must access the personal data because of their function and duties.

The relevant measures are based on the type of information, the type and purpose of utilisation and the state-of-the-art at the time.

The ub.unibas.ch website is encrypted.

This encryption ensures that the accessed website (the requested information) comes from the server it purports to come from. Unencrypted data transmissions can be manipulated by third parties.

The University of Basel, or the University Library Basel, have not reviewed the websites linked from the ub.unibas.ch website via hyperlinks or the RSS feeds that are displayed and accepts no responsibility for their content or for the products, services and other offers available on them.

The University of Basel, or the University Library Basel reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time if necessary. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 19 May 2020.