Disclaimer

Copyright

All online documents and web pages as well as their parts are protected by copyright, and it is permissible to copy them and print them out only for private, scientific or noncommercial use.

Without prior written consent from EARTH-AID it is not permissible for the documents and web pages and parts thereof to be either copied or stored on other servers, input into news group or online services, or stored on data carriers. Intermediate storage in a cache or on a proxy server to optimize access speed is permitted. The citation of the documents and web pages with a correct statement of the source and the setting of links to our web site is expressly allowed.

Liability

Although EARTH-AID takes all possible care to ensure the correctness of published information, no warranty can be accepted regarding the correctness, accuracy, uptodateness, reliability and completeness of the content of this information.

EARTH-AID expressly reserves the right to change, to delete or temporarily not to publish the contents wholly or partly at any time and without giving notice.

Liability claims against EARTH-AID or ETH Zurich because of tangible or intangible damage arising from accessing, using or not using the published information, through misuse of the connection or as a result of technical breakdowns are excluded.

Links to third party websites lie outside the scope of responsibility of EARTH-AID and ETH Zurich. Access and use of such websites occurs entirely at the user’s own risk. EARTH-AID expressly states that it has no influence whatsoever over the content of any linked site. Responsibility for information and services of linked sites rests entirely with the relevant third parties

No liability can be accepted in respect of the content of such websites.

Data Protection

We use the web analysis software ‘Matomo’ for anonymous statistical analysis of the use of our website. 

Web analysis 

We collect the following data using Matomo: IP address (anonymised), user ID (anonymised), pages visited, length of stay, referral source, browser type and downloaded files. 

We anonymise your IP address before processing, so no conclusions can be drawn about your identity. No identifiable IP addresses are stored or processed further. User data is automatically deleted after 180 days. 

Cookies 

We use cookies on our website. These are small text files that are stored on your computer for a defined period of time when you visit https://earth-aid.org/. These cookies help us to statistically evaluate the use of our website and to continuously improve it. 

We use Matomo for this purpose. This is an analytics service that we host on our own server in Switzerland. We have configured the service so that the IP addresses of visitors are anonymised (the last byte is masked). You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time, either completely or partially, or delete them manually. 

Logs 

We save certain metadata about your user behaviour in log files for troubleshooting purposes and to trace abuse of our web presence. This data includes the IP address, date, time, browser request and information transmitted about the device used, including the operating system and browser. We do not use log files to analyse your user behaviour or associate it with other collected data.  

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact sedweb@sed.ethz.ch