Legal notice and data protection

The berufsbildung.ch website is a service provided by the Swiss Centre for Vocational Education and Guidance Services (SDBB).

The SDBB is a specialist institution active in the field of vocational training and career guidance that is part of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK).

SDBB
Belpstrasse 37 
P.O. Box
CH-3001 Bern
www.sdbb.ch
Contact

© SDBB, Bern. All rights reserved.
With support from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI.

Terms of Use

The contents of this website are constantly updated and checked. Nevertheless, no liability can be assumed for how current, complete and accurate the contents are.

Information and services on berufsbildung.ch are subject to change at any time without notice. This also applies to these Terms of Use.

Liability

The SDBB expressly disclaims any liability for advice given on consulting the berufsbildung.ch website.

The SDBB is not liable for loss of profit, data loss or other indirect damages, in particular caused by misinformation or technical faults.

In particular, the SDBB is not responsible for interruptions in telecommunications transmission.

The SDBB also disclaims any liability for the content of third-party websites to which reference is made within the scope of this website. The same applies to how complete, accurate and up to date the information provided on third-party websites is, as well as its functionality.

Copyright

The content and structure of berufsbildung.ch are protected by copyright. The complete or partial reproduction, electronic or other distribution, modification, linking or use for commercial or public purposes (in particular incorporation into a website) requires the prior consent of the SDBB.

Without the express consent of the SDBB, the reproduction and/or distribution of these pages constitutes a violation of the Swiss Copyright Act (URG) and may have consequences under both private law and criminal law.

This does not apply to content that is explicitly intended for further use and is clearly marked as such. Special rules apply to public sector institutions.

Privacy Policy of vocationaleducation.ch

The Privacy Policy of the vocationaleducation.ch website is subject to Swiss data protection law, in particular the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). The EU recognises that Swiss data protection law guarantees adequate data protection.

Personal data is always processed in accordance with the statutory data protection requirements. In this Privacy Policy, we provide information on what personal data is processed for what purpose, how and where, in particular in connection with our website https://vocationaleducation.ch and our other services. This Privacy Policy also provides information about the rights of persons whose data we process.

The SDBB has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures both as the controller and as the processor to ensure that the personal data processed via this website is protected as effectively as possible. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, meaning that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example in writing or by telephone.

1.Contact addresses

Swiss Service Centre for Vocational Education and Training and Vocational, 
Study and Career Guidance SDBB
Belpstrasse 37
P.O. Box
3001 Berne
E-mail berufsbildung@sdbb.ch

Data Protection Officer:
Dr iur. Reto Fanger, Attorney at Law
Fanger Law Office
Sempacherstrasse 5
P.O. Box
6002 Lucerne
E-mail info@advokatur-fanger.ch  

2. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of its use 

We process the personal data required to provide our website in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. Such personal data may fall into the categories of inventory and contact data, browser and device data, content data, meta or marginal data and usage data, location data, sales, contract and payment data.

We process personal data for the duration required for the respective purpose(s) or as required by law. Personal data that no longer needs to be processed is anonymised or deleted. 

In principle, we only process personal data with the consent of the data subject, unless the processing is permitted for other legal reasons, for example to fulfil a contract with the data subject and for corresponding pre-contractual measures, to protect our overriding legitimate interests, because the processing is evident from the circumstances or after informing the data subject in advance.

In this context, we process in particular information that a data subject voluntarily and personally transmits to us when contacting us – for example by post, email, contact form, social media or telephone – or when registering for a user account. We may store such information in an address book or with comparable tools, for example. If you transmit personal data to us via third parties, you are obliged to guarantee data protection vis-à-vis such third parties and to ensure the accuracy of such personal data.

a. When visiting the website

When you visit our website, the browser you use on your device automatically sends information to our website’s server. This information is temporarily stored in logfiles. During this process the following information is collected without your intervention and stored until it is automatically erased:

• IP address of the requesting computer;
• Time and date of the access;
• Name and URL of the file retrieved;
• Website from which the access takes place (referrer URL);
• Browser used and, where applicable, operating system of your computer as well as your access provider’s name.

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website;
• Ensuring our website can be used comfortably;
• Evaluating system security and stability;
• For further administrative purposes.

Under no circumstances do we use the collected data to establish your identity. In addition, we use cookies (section 4 below) and analytics services (section 6 below) when you visit our website.

b. When using the contact form

If you wish to use our contact form, you must provide the following information:

• First name
• Last name
• E-mail address
• Subject
• Message

The telephone number can also be entered as an option.

c. When using the apprenticeship contract mail merge

On the vocationaleducation.ch/apprenticeship-contract subpage, you have the option of using the mail merge function using an Excel spreadsheet.

To do this, you can download the Excel template in which you have to enter various personal data relating to apprenticeship contracts. 

You then upload this completed Excel spreadsheet again, stating your e-mail address so that the contracts can be sent to you.

The data is deleted on the server once a month.

3. Transfer of data

Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties, e.g. IT service providers, logistics companies or other outsourced processors, for purposes other than those listed below. Your personal data will only be transferred to third parties if:

• you have given your explicit consent to this; 
• this is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest not to transfer your data; 
• there is a legal obligation to transfer your data, and if
• this is legally permissible and necessary for the fulfilment of contractual relationships with you.

Such third parties are generally located in Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA), but may also be located in other states and countries, provided that their data protection law guarantees adequate data protection in the opinion of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), or if adequate data protection is guaranteed for other reasons, such as through a corresponding contractual agreement, in particular on the basis of standard contractual clauses, or through corresponding certification. Exceptionally, such a third party may be located in a country without adequate data protection (e.g. USA), provided that the data protection requirements, such as the explicit consent of the data subject, are met.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our website that are necessary for the functionality of the website, cannot be deactivated in our systems and are not personalised. Cookies are small files automatically created by your browser and which are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or other device) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any harm to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.

Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not enable us to obtain direct knowledge of your identity.

You can completely or partially deactivate and delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. We actively request your explicit consent for the use of cookies, if and to the extent necessary.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser at any time so that no cookies are stored on your computer or to enable a message to appear each time before a new cookie is created.

5. Services from third parties

We use third-party services in order to provide our website in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. Such services are also used to embed content in our website. Such services – for example hosting and storage services – require your Internet Protocol (IP) address, as otherwise such services cannot transmit the corresponding content. Such services may be located outside Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA) (e.g. USA), provided that adequate data protection is guaranteed.

6. Analytics services

We use various analytics services for our webshop. 

a. YouTube

We use YouTube to embed videos on our website. Cookies are also used for this purpose. YouTube is a service of the American Google LLC. Data is therefore transmitted to the USA. Google Ireland Limited is the controller for users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. 

b. Matomo

We have integrated the analysis tool Matomo on our website for the purpose of demand-oriented design and continuous optimisation of our website and our offer to you and for the statistical recording of the use of our website. Matomo is an open source web analytics platform. The company behind Matomo (Innocraft) is based in New Zealand. The Matomo Cloud uses Amazon AWS for hosting. The data and backups are stored in Europe. Matomo anonymises all personal data, so the Matomo cookies do not reveal your identity. You can find Matomo's privacy policy at https://matomo.org/matomo-cloud-privacy-policy .

7. Forwarding

References and links to third-party websites are beyond our responsibility and control. No liability is assumed for such websites. Access to and use of such websites is at the user's own risk. No separate notice is given when users leave the website. In the event of forwarding to another website, the privacy policy of the corresponding provider must be taken into account.

8. Rights of Data Subjects

You have the

• Right of access: You may request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
• Right to rectification: You can request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
• Right to erasure: You may request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
• Right to restrict processing: You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing;
• Right to transfer: You can receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or request that it be transferred to another controller;
• Right to review in the case of automated individual decisions: You can state your own point of view in the case of exclusively automated decisions and request that the decision be reviewed by a natural person;
• Right to lodge a complaint: You can lodge a complaint about vocationaleducation.ch with a competent supervisory authority.

9. Data security

We use the widespread SSL/TLS (Secure Socket Layers or Transport Layer Security) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser when you visit our website.

We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously being improved in line with technological developments.

10. Up-to-dateness and amendment of this Privacy Policy

It may become necessary to amend this Privacy Policy as a result of the further development of our website and offers or due to changes in legal or official requirements. 

The current Privacy Policy can be accessed and printed out at any time on the website at www.vocationaleducation.ch .

The German version of the Privacy Policy shall prevail in each case.

This Privacy Policy is currently valid and is dated June 2024.

Source: Teaser image of the “Legal Notice and Privacy Policy” page by Jaye Haych via Unsplash