Privacy

The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW places great importance on correct and up-to-date information. Some or all of the content on our website may therefore need to be amended, deleted or (occasionally) no longer shown.

In collaboration with partners from industry and other institutions, researchers from the 9 schools of the FHNW develop application-oriented and innovative solutions. This research work is available in corresponding publications to the interested public as well as to researchers, students and project partners.

Carry out your own research using keywords, subjects or people. In addition to the publications, you will also find presentations, projects, student theses as well as audio and audio-visual material.

Personal information

The FHNW is committed to the targeted and sparing use of personal information. The information collected is used only for the intended respective purpose.

The personal information stored remains within the sovereignty of the FHNW. Information is stored carefully and protected against third-party access. by means of technical and organizational measures in keeping with the latest developments. Personal data is never disclosed to third parties, unless required by law or express permission has been obtained.

Cookies

Cookies are text files which are stored temporarily or permanently on your computer and which, for example, enable your use of the website to be analyzed.

You can entirely or partially prevent the cookies from being stored on your computer by adjusting the corresponding settings in your browser application. However, please be aware that if you do so, you may no longer be able to use all the functions on this website.

Third party services

The FHNW deploys content and service offers from third-party providers, e.g. to integrate videos, plug-ins, and fonts, as well as retargeting technologies to tailor the online offer more closely to users. Retargeting technologies make it possible to address users, who have shown interest in the FHNW’s websites and the offers presented there, with information in a targeted manner. Retargeting is done on the basis of a cookie-based analysis of user behavior.

The following is an overview of third-party providers and their contents, as well as links to their privacy policies, which contain further information on the processing of data and, mentioned here in places, opt-out possibilities. The opt-in/opt-out status of all common online marketing systems can be viewed and edited via Your Online Choices cookie management.

Facebook (Meta)

This website can use functions of the Facebook service. These functions are provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square. Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. They allow us to show you targeted, personalized and interest-based advertisements. Facebook matches up this data with your personal Facebook user account in line with its Data Policy.

If you want to prevent Facebook from showing you advertisements using the remarketing features, you can declare this in your Facebook account settings.

Google Fonts

This website uses 'web fonts' for the uniform display of fonts. These are provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

LinkedIn

This website can use functions of the LinkedIn service. The provider is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. A link is established to LinkedIn servers every time you access one of our pages that contain LinkedIn features. This informs LinkedIn that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn "Share this page" button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our site with you and your user account. Please note that we as providers of the pages have no knowledge of what data is transmitted or of what LinkedIn does with it.

X

This website can use functions of the X service. The provider is X corp., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Use of X and its 'Repost' function links the websites you visit to your X account and discloses that information to other users. In the process, data is also transmitted to X. Please note that we as providers of the pages have no knowledge of what data is transmitted or of what X does with it.

Xing

This website can use functions of the Xing service. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstrasse 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. A link is established to Xing servers every time you access one of our pages that contain Xing features. As far as we know, personal information is not stored. In particular, no IP addresses are stored, nor is usage behavior analyzed.

Disclaimer

FHNW does not accept liability for any material or immaterial damage arising in connection with the use or non-use of the information offered, with the misuse of the connections or with technical faults.