Privacy Policy

Status: January 2026

Overview

This website is a product of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "we", "us" or "ZHAW").

Data Protection at a Glance

We attach great importance to the protection of your personal data. For this reason, we attempt to store as little as possible on this page.

Summary: We use no tracking cookies, no Google Analytics, and do not directly embed third-party resources (such as Google Fonts) that could forward your IP address.

Scope of Application

  • Data collection on our website (dkon.ch)
  • Contact via email (zhaw.ch)
  • Links to external websites

1. Data Collection on our Website (dkon.ch)

Server Log Files

When visiting the Digikon website, access data such as IP address, date and time, browser request, as well as generally transmitted information regarding the operating system and browser, etc., are recorded and stored in server log files.

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request

This access data is collected anonymously and does not allow for any conclusions to be drawn about your person. A consolidation of this data with other data sources is not undertaken. We use the access data for statistical purposes and to ensure the functionality of our websites. No further use takes place. The server log files are stored by us until automated deletion, at the latest after fourteen days.

2. Contact via Email (zhaw.ch)

If you contact us via email, the data you provide will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. This occurs via the IT infrastructure of the ZHAW. The ZHAW Data Protection Provisions apply.

3. Links to External Websites

For third-party websites to which the Digikon website refers and links, no liability is assumed for compliance with data protection regulations.

Right to Information

Since we do not offer user accounts on this website and do not use tracking tools, we do not store personal data about our visitors.

Nevertheless, you are entitled to the following statutory rights:
Should personal data be processed in individual cases (e.g. your email address in the event of active contact), you have the right at any time to free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of this data, as well as a right to rectification or erasure of this data.

For information regarding personal data collected about you, as well as for the rectification or erasure of your personal data, you may contact us at the following address:

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Rektorat
Gertrudstrasse 15
8401 Winterthur
datenschutz@zhaw.ch

Amendment of the Privacy Policy

The ZHAW may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on the website applies.