Data protection
When visiting this website, using the IoT Wonderland login (hereafter referred to as “login”) on www.iotwonderland.com or the IoT Wonderland app, data is collected for the purpose of providing our services. These services will hereinafter be referred to as “digital presence”.
Depending on the use of the digital presence, personal data will be processed by Copernicus Technologies GmbH and potentially its technology partners (collectively referred to as “Copernicus”, “we”, or “us”).
More information about Copernicus can be found on our About us page.
We regard the protection of your personal data as a highly important and sensitive matter. We therefore treat your personal data with great care and in accordance with the relevant statutory provisions of data protection law and postal legislation.
In this Privacy Policy, we inform you about our data processing methods. We explain which data is processed by us whenever you access this website and other digital presences.
1. Who owns the data that is collected?
Copernicus is the provider of the website and login, and as the owner of the relevant data collections, may make decisions about their purpose and content. For each online service, the service provider indicated in the description is the owner.
2. What data do we collect?
We do not intend to collect any personal about our users, however, due to the nature of our web platform, relatively large quantities of user-related data is stored on our servers. The data includes geo-locations of registered devices, but also related metadata and network information. We do also store your login information and date of last login. Your password is stored in an encrypted way.
2.1 Automatic logging
For statistical analysis and development purpose, we do log some user action, but the intention of doing so is solely to back-trace errors and improve our digital presence. IP addresses are used for automated security checks, e.g. automatically verified to combat fraud and immediately deleted. Furthermore, IP addresses are used for analytics purposes. In particular, Google Analytics anonymizes the IPs received immediately and processes the anonymized IP addresses only for the analysis (see section 6).
We do not use your data for any other purposes, unless you have given your consent to additional data processing when using certain services, or if we are legally bound to do so.
2.2 Additional data processing
In order to use some of our online services, you must first register for the login with some personal data. When using the services, the data is processed in accordance with a contractual agreement and the associated Subscriber Conditions (SC) or General Terms and Conditions (GTC).
For web statistics, data will also be processed by Google. This affects only data that is transferred to Google. Data processing by Google is outside the influence and responsibility of Copernicus. Please familiarize yourself with Google's data protection provisions and the possible settings.
In addition, we process personal data if you decide to send it to us; for example, by filling out an online form or sending us a message via our contact forms. In these cases, we will only ask you to provide the personal data we require to perform the services we offer. The information you provide will be recorded in our IT systems.
3. How do we use your data?
Collecting data helps us to continue developing and improving our digital presence and to optimize our range of services. We use the data for the following purposes:
- To enable you to use our digital presence (by establishing a connection).
- For internal management of the website, for example technical administration and maintenance of system security.
- To optimize user friendliness, we collect statistics on user behaviour on our website. This data is analysed (see also section 4.4).
- To provide logins, online services and contractually-compliant processing of these services.
- To prevent fraud and improve the security of the website.
If services from Copernicus are used, your data is also processed in accordance with the contractual agreement and the Subscriber Conditions (SC) or General Terms and Conditions (GTC).
4. What role do cookies play?
4.1 What is a cookie?
A cookie is a text file with short data sequences (a sequence of letters and numbers) that by itself cannot perform any operations. This text file is transferred to your browser by the web server when you visit a website. The cookie is stored on your local computer. There are two different types of cookie: temporary cookies and permanent cookies. We use both temporary cookies, which are automatically deleted from your mobile device or computer at the end of the browser session, and permanent cookies, which remain on your computer or mobile device. We use cookies to provide fundamental functionality, such as user login and persistent settings. We do not use cookies for marketing or other tracing purpose.
You can check your browser’s log at any time to see which cookies are being run.
4.2 How safe is it to enable cookies?
It is safe to enable cookies when visiting our digital presence. When using a third-party computer, however, we recommend deleting cookies and the history in the browser you are using to prevent subsequent users from being able to access your account.
6. What web analytics services do we use?
We use different web analytics services such as Hotjar and Google Analytics for selected applications. The web analytics services may use cookies (see section 4.1), which evaluate the use of the digital presence in order to obtain information and improve our services and in order to provide a statistical evaluation of our visitor traffic. It is not possible for us to trace the identity of individuals during these operations, unless you logged in using the Copernicus Customer Login and did not subsequently delete the cookie. The information generated in this way may be transmitted to a server abroad and stored there. You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting the settings of your browser software accordingly (see section 7). Data collection and storage can be withdrawn at any time with future effect. You can find more information in the privacy statements of Hotjar and Google Analytics.
7. How do I prevent the use of cookies and web analytics tools?
The use of cookies can be managed via the browser functions (settings or add-ons).
Note that our login requires cookies to function.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can instruct your browser not to accept any cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from a website you visit. You can also delete cookies on your computer or mobile device using the corresponding function in your browser.
To enable or disable cookies in your web browser:
Check which web browser you are using and then select the relevant link below. On the page you are taken to, you will find instructions on how to enable or disable cookies in your web browser.
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Safari
If you choose not to accept our cookies or the cookies and tools of our partner companies, you will not be able to see certain information on our websites and will be unable to use some functions that improve your visit.
You can find more information on the use of cookies at the following website: www.allaboutcookies.org
8. Will we share your data with anyone else?
In the event that Copernicus engages third parties to provide the services, it will be authorized to make available to them the data necessary for this purpose. These third parties are subject to the same obligations with regard to data protection as Copernicus itself. In addition, data will be disclosed to third parties only within the parameters described in the sections above. An example is the use of WiFi geo-location, which requires forwarding information to a 3rd party service to be able to resolve a location. We will retain your information for no longer than necessary and will treat it as confidential. This excludes the transmission of personal data to payment collection service providers, governmental institutions and authorities.
9. Your rights
9.1 Information, amendment, blocking and deletion/withdrawal of consent
You have the right to request information on the processing of your personal data and can request that it be amended, blocked or deleted.
If you have expressly consented to further data processing, you may revoke this at any time. This will lead to your account being either disabled or deleted, depending on the requirements.
9.2 Contact information
If you have questions, suggestions or concerns in relation to the handling of your data, you are welcome to contact us via the form on our landingpage www.iotwonderland.com or by email. You find our contact details on the About us page.
Should you wish to contact us by e-mail, please note that e-mails are unencrypted and are therefore susceptible to the security risks typically associated with this method of communication.
10. How secure is your data?
The data we collect and save is treated confidentially and, using appropriate technical and organizational precautions, protected against loss or manipulation as well as against unauthorized access by third parties.
Login information exchanged between your hardware and us is encrypted. We do not accept liability for any unauthorized access or loss of personal data that is beyond our control.
Our digital presence may contain links to other digital solutions which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other digital solutions using the links provided, the operators of these digital solutions may collect information from you which will be used by these operators in accordance with their Privacy Policies, which may differ from ours.
11. Changes to the Privacy Policy
Amendments to this Privacy Policy may be required from time to time; for example, due to the ongoing development of our digital presence or as a result of changes in legislation. Copernicus therefore reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy at any time, with effect from a future date. Accordingly, we recommend that you reread this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: 25 April 2022.
Disclaimer
1. Legal aspects
People (the “User” or “Users”) who access information on the Copernicus website or when using the app agree to do so on the following conditions.
2. No binding offers
None of the items on the Website represent a binding offer.
3. Exclusion of guarantee and liability
Copernicus strives to provide information that is accurate and up to date at the time of its publication on the Website. However, Copernicus does not guarantee and accepts no liability for the veracity, reliability, completeness and accuracy of this information, and reserves the right to update it at any time.
Such information is used at the Users’ own risk.
Where legally possible, Copernicus accepts no liability for damage or consequential damage arising from access to and/or use of the Website or the inability to access or use the Website.
4. Links
The Website may contain linked content that does not originate from Copernicus, as well as links to websites or content owned by third parties that are in no way controlled or influenced by Copernicus. Copernicus accepts no liability for content of this kind, nor for the products, services or other offers which the respective third-party sites provide. Copernicus also assumes no liability regarding websites that link to this Website or which use the information on this Website for their own purposes.
5. Intellectual property rights
The entire contents of the Website are protected by copyright (all rights reserved). Downloading or printing out pages or parts of the Digital Presence is permitted for private use, provided no copyright notices or other legally protected names or symbols have been removed or modified. Commercial use of such content requires permission by Copernicus.
Complete or partial reproduction, transmission (by electronic or any other means), modification or linking of the Website for public or commercial purposes is prohibited without the prior written consent of Copernicus.
6. Applicable law and place of jurisdiction
To the extent admissible by law, all legal relationships between the Users of the Website and Copernicus shall be subject to substantive Swiss law. The sole place of jurisdiction is Zurich.
