Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Welcome to the web page corpus-ineffabilis.org. The team behind this web page will be called ‘the operators’. ‘The web page’ denominates the pages and subpages of corpus-ineffabilis.org and its subdomains (e. g., example.corpus-ineffabilis.org).
As the operators take data protection very seriously, they explain in this declaration which user data are collected, processed, and disclosed, and for what purpose, and what measures have been taken to safeguard the security of these data. All measures conform to the prevailing provisions on data protection.

1. Object of Data Protection

Data protection serves to protect the privacy of individuals. It requires data processors to act lawfully, and confers enforceable rights to the affected persons with regard to the processing of their personal data. Section 3 of the Canton of Zurich’s Act on Information and Data Protection (Gesetz über die Information und den Datenschutz [IDG ZH]) defines personal data as any information related to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes details such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail or IP addresses.

2. Collecting, Processing, and Storing Data

Every time our web page is requested or called up, the following access data are collected and stored in a web server log file on the servers of our hosting provider Hoststar:

  • the IP address of the requesting computer (e.g., 123.456.78.90)
  • the site or address (URL) from which the the web page was requested
  • the path and name of the requested web page / subpage (referrer)
  • the date and time of the request (e.g., [12/Apr/2016:00:00:01 +0200])
  • the volume of data transferred
  • the access status
  • the type of access
  • a description of the type of web browser and/or operating system used
    the session ID

The following is an example of a possible entry in the web log:

coseriu.ch:443 81.321.49.92 - - [16/Feb/2021:19:41:01 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 917 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:86.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/86.0"

Web server log files are stored for six months after access is terminated. Once this period has elapsed, web server log files are automatically deleted, provided there has been no identified attack necessitating the civil or criminal prosecution of the intruder and thus requiring that the log file be stored longer.

3. Consent to Further Use of Data

Use of specific functions or services on our web page (e.g., web applications) may require further collection, processing, and long-term storage of personal data such as names, addresses, and e-mail addresses. By entering and sending this data, you give your consent for this information to be processed.

4. Disclosure of Personal Data

Personal data will be disclosed to third parties (e.g., other authorities) only if required by binding legal provisions (e.g., the ruling of an authority, court orders) or for the purpose of legal or criminal prosecution (e.g., in the event of attacks on the network infrastructure). Personal data will not be disclosed to third parties for other purposes.

Nevertheless, the operators may commission service providers to process data collected via the web page for the purposes described above. Legal, technical, and organizational measures will be put in place requiring the operators and external service providers to comply with the relevant provisions of data protection law.

5. Tracking Settings

To be able to better adapt website content and navigation tools to the needs of users, visits to pages and elements clicked within pages, as well as the usage of distinct browsers are logged and analyzed. For this purpose, the statistics tools provided by the hosting operator Hoststar are used.

6. Cookies

The web page uses functional cookies, which are created and administered by the software WordPress that was used to create the web page.

Cookies are small files that a visited web page can store on your computer to enable optimal use of the website. You can block the use of temporary cookies by adjusting the relevant settings in your web browser. Please note that disabling, blocking or deactivating cookies can limit the functionality of web pages.

The data protection statement applies only to for this website. In the case of providing access to external sites, please refer to the data protection policies of the providers in question. The operators of this website are not responsible for the content or for the data protection policies of these providers. In particular, the operators cannot guarantee that content provided by other providers is free of malware.

8. Use of Social Media Plugins

The website does not use additional programs in the form of so-called social media plugins that send IP addresses directly to the providers of social networks.

9. Use of External Search Engines

The search engine of this website is a feature of the software WordPress used to create this website and does not disclose any data to external search engines.

10. Security

The operators undertake technical and organizational security measures to ensure that the data they collect and process via the website remain confidential and are safeguarded from accidental or unauthorized access, changes or disclosure, loss, and destruction; moreover, only the persons who require access to personal data due to their job and work-related duties are granted access on a need-to-know-basis.

The measures selected depend on the type of information, the type and purpose of use, and the technology available.

11. Validity

The operators reserve the right to amend this data protection statement at any time with future effect if the implementation of new technologies or the legal situation so requires. For this reason, we advise you to check the data protection statement on a regular basis.

12. Right to Information

If you would like information on data relating to your person that has been collected and processed, if you want such data to be corrected, destroyed, or blocked, or if you have further questions on the use of such data, please contact the operators. They can be reached at the following address:

corpus-ineffabilis.org, c/o Prof. Dr. Johannes Kabatek
Institute of Romance Studies of the University of Zurich
Zürichbergstrasse 8
CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
kabatek@rom.uzh.ch