Privacy

In this privacy policy you will find information on how we handle your personal data in the context of our information activities. This includes the following situations and activities:

• use of hallo.sg.ch (including sub-pages, hereinafter the "Website");
• Answering your questions in connection with the website

In accordance with Art. 37 et seq. DSG–SG, the cantonal data protection office maintains a register of data collections. This contains further information on how we handle your personal data.

The Integration and Equal Opportunities Department of the Canton of St.Gallen is responsible for the data processing described in this privacy policy within the meaning of Art. 3 DSG–SG.

For some of the data processing described, another organisational unit of the Canton of St.Gallen is exceptionally responsible under data protection law, e.g. an office or an office. This applies, for example, to situations in which you request further information on the content for which an office (e.g. Migration Office) is responsible.

In practice, however, it is as follows: If you have any questions about this data protection declaration or if you would like to exercise your rights as a data subject (e.g. the right to information), you can always contact the Integration and Equality Department:

• by e-mail to integration@sg.ch or
• by post to: Canton of St.Gallen, Department of Integration and Equality, Office of Social Affairs, Spisergasse 41, 9001 St.Gallen.

Provided data

We collect the information you provide to us when you contact us or interact with our electronic forms. This includes general personal data, e.g. name and contact details, and possibly details of your position or role in the organisation on whose behalf you are contacting us.

If you request our services, we will collect information about the service requested. 

Data collected

To the extent necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we also collect personal data from public registers or websites.

Use for information

You can use the information offered on the website without telling us who you are.

As with any connection to a web server, the server on which we have the website provided automatically logs and stores certain technical data and stores it for a short period of time. This includes your device's IP address and operating system, the date and time of use, and the type of browser you use to access the website.

Analytics

We use a web analytics service (currently Siteimprove) to evaluate the use of the website and to obtain information for its optimization. The web analysis service collects user data using cookies and stores the usage data for a short time. In the web analysis carried out, the last bit of the requesting IP address is removed directly. By using suitable browser settings, you can prevent the web analysis service from collecting data about your use of the website and the webshop.

Resources from external websites

We integrate resources from external servers on our website. These contain visible content (videos and maps) as well as technical resources. When you retrieve these resources, the operator of the external servers collects your IP address and/or certain marginal data that is necessary for the use of the external operator's servers. You can prevent this by using appropriate browser settings.

We use cookies or similar technologies to provide you with the best possible experience on the website and to provide guidance on how to optimise it.

Some of the cookies we use are necessary to provide you with certain functions or content on the website (e.g. integration of videos or map functions). In addition, we use cookies to enable web analysis.

You can instruct your browser not to accept cookies or to request you before a cookie is set. You can also delete cookies on your device by using the appropriate function on your browser.

Cookie name: nmstat

Type: Persistent – expires after 1000 days

About the cookie: This cookie is used to record the behaviour of visitors on the website. It is used to collect statistics about website usage, such as when the visitor last visited the website. The cookie does not contain any personal data and is only used for website analysis.

Cookie name: siteimproveses

Type: Session cookie

About the cookie: This cookie is used to track the sequence of pages that a visitor views during their visit to the website. The cookie does not contain any personal data and is only used for website analysis.

We process your personal data in order to fulfil our information and publication obligations in accordance with legal requirements and to document and invoice the services in this regard. This also includes data processing for the following purposes:

• Provision and optimization of the website;
• Responding to your inquiries and communicating with you;
• Information on new developments in the Canton of St.Gallen;
• To comply with legal obligations; as well as
  
• Enforcement of legal claims.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data for the stated purposes is our constitutional and legal obligation to inform the public about the activities of the administration and the Cantonal Council, to publish laws and to provide official documents. Some edits are also necessary to comply with legal retention obligations.

We will only store your personal data to the extent and for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or to comply with legal obligations.

In the interest of the integrity and confidentiality of personal data, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures. In accordance with our risk assessment, we implement access controls, access controls and procedures for regularly reviewing, evaluating and evaluating the effectiveness of the measures.

In order to achieve the purposes described in this privacy policy, it may be necessary for us to disclose your personal data to other organisational units in compliance with the legal requirements. These are the following categories of recipients:

• other administrative units (in the context of communication and service provision);
• external service providers;
• (if applicable) municipalities (in the context of communication and service delivery); as well as
• (if applicable) authorities and courts.

We store and process your personal data in connection with the processing described in this privacy policy primarily in Switzerland and the EU. However, we also integrate video content and maps from providers in the USA into the website. We disclose data to countries without an adequate level of data protection on the basis of standard data protection clauses.

You have the following rights under the FADP in relation to personal data concerning you:

• The right to obtain information about what personal data we hold about you and how we process it;
• the right to access personal data on site;
• the right to receive a copy of your personal data;
• the right to rectify your personal data;
• the right to erasure of your personal data;
• the right to object to the disclosure of your personal data to third parties (blocking).

Please note that these rights are subject to legal requirements and exceptions. To the extent permitted by law, we may refuse your request to exercise these rights. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the cantonal Office for Data Protection (datenschutz@sg.ch; Government Building, 9001 St.Gallen: www.datenschutz.sg.ch) to object to data processing.

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time, in particular if we change our data processing or if new legislation becomes applicable. The version provided on the website applies.