Liability
Although every care has been taken by the Federal authorities in regard to the accuracy of the published information, no warranty can be given in respect of the accuracy, reliability, up-to-dateness or completeness of this information.
The Federal authorities expressly reserve the right at any time without prior notice to change, supplement or delete portions of the contents or to discontinue its publication at any time.
Liability claims towards the Federal authorities with regard to damages of material or immaterial kind which have been caused by access to or the use or non-use of the published information, by the misuse of the connection or by technical disturbances, are excluded.
References and Links
References and links to third-party websites lie beyond the area of responsibility of the Federal authorities. Access to and use of such websites are solely at the user’s own risk. The Federal authorities explicitly state that they do not have any influence on the design, content and offers displayed on linked websites. Information and services of linked websites are entirely within the responsibility of the third party in question.
The Federal authorities decline all responsibility for such websites.
Data protection
Pursuant to Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the provisions of Swiss data protection legislation, everyone has the right to the protection of privacy, as well as to protection from misuse of their personal details. The Federal authorities comply with these provisions. Personal information is kept strictly confidential and is not disclosed, given, sold or transferred to third parties.
In close cooperation with our hosting provider, we make every effort to protect the databases from outside access, data loss, misuse or falsification.
Upon accessing our web pages the following data is saved in log files: IP address, date, time, the referring page, the page being accessed and general transmitted information to the operating system or browser.
These usage data form the basis for statistical, anonymous analyses, such that trends can be recognised, thereby allowing the Federal authorities to correspondingly improve their offer. Pursuant to Federal Law relating to the monitoring of Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (BÜPF) there exists a legal requirement to retain connection data of the preceding six months.
Copyright
Copyright, Federal authorities of the Swiss Confederation.
The information contained on the websites of the Federal authorities is accessible to the public. Downloading or printing copies of text, pictures, photographs or other files in no way constitutes a transfer of ownership rights.
The copyright and all other rights relating to text, pictures, photographs or other data on the websites of the Federal authorities belong exclusively to them or to the specifically cited holders of rights. Written permission must be obtained in advance from the copyright holder before any material is reproduced.
Last modification: 27.02.2019